For both Aristotle and Kant dignity thus seems to be contingent upon characteristics such as rationality and autonomy: it would be difficult for someone who lacked rationality to possess the Aristotelian moral virtues, while Kant's reference to "intrinsic value" seems nonetheless to rest on the possession of autonomy.
Convictions signify the authenticity of the decision, but may lack rationality or evidence; they are mostly expressed without any motivation pro or contra organ donation: " Actually, I have to say that, when I turned 18, I received that form [=document for registration, JdG ], and I did not have to think too much about it.
Sublimely lacking in rationality, it inspires loony, dreamy interpretations, in our time, it seems, more than ever.
The "logic of domination" then dictates that those on the superior side (e.g., men, rational beings, humans) are morally entitled to dominate and utilize those on the inferior side (e.g., women, beings lacking in rationality, non-humans) as mere means.
A theory lacking of rationality can never be a sound one no matter how closely it compares with experimental data in one respect or another, since a good comparison in one respect comes at a price of poor agreement in some other respects usually, either unknown for the time being or hidden deliberately.
Now, modern institutions presume a shared ethics by virtue of being society-wide, the increasingly technological and bureaucratized character of these institutions can result in outcomes that appear either purely contingent or purely coercive, lacking either rationality or morality.
Children and the severely retarded, for example, lack rationality, but they are undeniably human.
I am afraid that this lacks proper rationality, and I would suggest him again to go back to Dyson, and re-think his scenario.
In summary, the approach presented here is a good method for identifying relevant future TA topics, whereas the progress in implementing the topics on the agenda, as selected by the experts, is frequently lacking due to administrative and rationality constraints.
