Sentence examples for rational imperatives from inspiring English sources

Almost all non-moral, rational imperatives are problematic, since there are virtually no ends that we must will.

Lewis (1952b, 1952c, 1955, Chapter 5) outlines categorical rational imperatives of doing and thinking, or versions of one rational imperative, in various ways, formulations, and detail.

That requires that their pursuit violates no categorical rational imperative or principle.

Americans have noted how ill-timed it was in other ways -- appearing just as Congress is taking up China's trade status, and a bill to strengthen military ties with Taiwan -- but it responded to some perfectly rational political imperatives in Beijing.

She showed us a great juxtaposition of a new ad in NYC about how now a 16 ounce Coke is small ("Small is Big" the ad tells us), next to a Coke ad from the 1950's about their new "large" 16 ounce Coke that "serves 3!" "Pursuing public health is not just rational it is imperative".

Both Darwall and Colman understand Locke as equating moral good and evil with rewards and punishments, such that good and evil are the operative notions that turn moral rules into moral imperatives for rational agents.

It was shown that comprehensive understanding of the structural properties of these carriers is imperative for rational and successful tailoring of oleogel-based vehicles.

To exploit phase behavior in the spirit of rational design, it is imperative that the rules relating lipid molecular structure and liquid crystal or mesophase behavior be established.

It shows that comprehensive understanding of the structural properties of the carriers is imperative for rational and successful tailoring of delivery vehicles.

Kant's approach here which might seem to play into the hands of instrumentalists (see §4.1 above) who, while skeptical of the rational authority of the categorical imperative, follow Kant in thinking that the authority of hypothetical imperatives is obvious and unproblematic has been challenged.

"The record before us clearly shows that H.H.C.'s layoff decision was rational in light of the imperative to reduce costs in conjunction with its mandate to provide medical services to all," Justice Sweeny wrote.