The point is to insist on a rational plan and to challenge the political system to act rationally.
A person's good for Rawls is the rational plan of life he/she would choose under hypothetical conditions of "deliberative rationality," where there is full knowledge of one's circumstances, capacities, and interests, as well as knowledge of the likelihoods of succeeding at alternative life plans one may be attracted to (TJ, sect. 64).
than a rational plan for respecting restrictions on contractors taking on governmental roles.
Closing the border, he said, was not part of such a rational plan.
"That is a rational plan that's easy to understand," he said.
So if your goals haven't changed, and you have a rational plan to get there, stick with it.
Then, when things get crazy, we scrap that rational plan and tell ourselves there is another way.
"A rational plan should be composed of discrete elements, working together to produce the result we want: a profit.
The only rational plan for Haiti is to disperse the population of a city that filled to bursting years ago.
These stories are carefully constructed to persuade us that our long-term, rational plan is no longer valid.
If you feel as if you absolutely have to make a change to your thought-out, rational plan, try writing yourself a letter to prove your case.
