The phrase "as rationales" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing reasons or justifications for a particular action or decision.
Example: "The committee provided several arguments as rationales for their decision to approve the project."
Alternatives: "as justifications" or "as reasons".
They don't declare this as their intention, of course, but instead talk up "grave" threats – cybercrime, piracy and (of course) child pornography – as rationales for their action.
As if someone on the set had noticed that as rationales go, this bit of helpful information is on the flat side, Mr. Willis briefly turns into an anti-Washington zealot: "The government steals money," he instructs Ms. Blanchett.
We have long viewed both incapacitation and deterrence as rationales for recidivism statutes: "A recidivist statute's... primary goals are to deter repeat offenders and, at some point in the life of one who repeatedly commits criminal offenses serious enough to be punished as felonies, to segregate that person from the rest of society for an extended period of time".
And while they had different coming-of-age experiences during the 1960's and 1970's -- Mr. Gore was closer to the counterculture than was Mr. Bush, but still by no means a radical -- both are invoking their generational roots as themes in their campaigns and are developing "responsibility" as rationales for their candidacies.
Many of us third- and fourth-generation Americouldcould benefit from emulating their values.Rob RyderColumbus, OhioSIR – Although race, class, religion and sex have weakened as rationales for discrimination, it remains socially acceptable for geographical accidents of birth to be held against people for their entire lives.
Traditionally, it has been considered the primary factor in religion, but some modern scholars often regard beliefs as rationales for ritual, that is to say, as secondary expressions of religious experience or as a posteriori ideological sanctions for social and cultural patterns.
Since the beginning of our campaign, claimant lawyers have raised the scenario of a senior figure smeared as a paedophile as rationale to defend the status quo.
The ratings agency cited India's high saving and investment rates, relatively competitive private sector and diverse economy as rationale behind its decision.
As rationale, some investors point to the way the Taubman family refused to entertain a sale of Sotheby's in 1999, when a federal investigation of Sotheby's heated up.
Femoral head fracture location, size, displacement and effect on hip stability have all been used as rationale for injury management.
The NONPF cites a lack of empirical evidence related to learning outcomes with simulation as rationale for its stance.
