Sentence examples for irrational grounds from inspiring English sources

Science was under attack "on all sorts of irrational grounds," he said.

But if rival paradigms are really incommensurable, then doesn't that imply that scientific revolutions must be based – at least in part – on irrational grounds?

When any section of society is demonised on irrational grounds we have to take that seriously, so I will complain to the Press Complaints Commission, and I hope you will too.

It keeps even the most irrational ideas grounded, and enables us to turn loose and push boundaries and embrace the irrational and complex.

Consequentialists charge that such a restriction must be irrational, on the grounds that if stealing is forbidden then it must be bad but if it is bad then surely less stealing is better than more.

Because homosexuality causes no direct harm to others (other than those who take offense at it on irrational and/or inhumane grounds) and because homosexual behavior is crucial to the ability of homosexual people to enjoy their lives (as heterosexual behavior is to heterosexuals), homosexuality should not be morally condemned or proscribed.

ALL over New York, projects that broke ground with irrational exuberance are topping out in uncertain conclusion.

The European commission, once the EU's source of visionary creativity, has become a fanatical defender of existing rules and regulations, however irrational and destructive, on the grounds that any concessions will beget more demands.

Both are grounded in an irrational commitment to the idea that one's in-group is superior to other groups and, thus, that as an individual one is superior to other individuals.

The report concluded that "would constitute an irrational decision on environmental, economic and social grounds".

The vast majority of those who oppose the mosque at Ground Zero are neither bigoted nor irrational.