Sentence examples for rational calculating from inspiring English sources
"They are a rational, calculating institution," he said.
Rational, calculating self-interest makes a person, or a firm, worry about its reputation for honesty and fair dealing, for paying debts and honouring agreements.
We are not rational calculating machines but collections of modules, each programmed to be adroit at a particular set of tasks.
Public choice theory is based on the individualistic assumption that agents are rational, calculating and self-interested [ 6].
A former insurance specialist, Buffett dislikes intangibles – he has built his wealth on a rational, calculated analysis of risk.
But Polman had heard it suggested that the R.U.F.'s rampages had followed from "a rational, calculated strategy".
Heuristics require less effort compared to a rational, calculated choices.
Recent research (Ehrhardt Martinez et al 2010; Malone et al 2013) shows that, when it comes to using energy, consumption behaviors are rarely informed by rational, calculated information processing, such as saving costs or "doing the right thing".
Foucault was at pains to demonstrate that the violence of power could at the same time be rational, calculated and controlled.
If Franco Baresi was the Apollo of defenders, cold, rational and calculating, David Luiz is the Dionysus, wild, charismatic and emotional.
Like Mr. Assad, Mr. Milosevic was rational and calculating — he, too, wanted to survive.
