Regardless of one's philosophical stance on this issue, we must each take personal responsibility for our security, and allowing citizens to arm themselves in self-defense is the only rational response to the reality in which we live.
Edward is a rational, ethical creature — "responsibility" is one of his favorite words — and the movie takes pains to be reasonable.
This is the true self, for rational reflection and moral responsibility are the features of humans that mark them off from other animals.
His appeal to Aquinas needs to be developed into a sound, rational theory of economic responsibility in the context of both the recovery and national identity in the twenty-first century.
A woman's (or man's) right not to have a child until she feels ready for this responsibility seems rational enough.
In these relations, the subject of expertise is conceived as an individual who 'lacks cognitive, emotional, practical, and ethical skills to take personal responsibility for rational self-management' and fulfill his moral obligations (Miller and Rose 2008, p. 106).
The responsibility for a rational management and distribution of these costly resources burdens the admitting Intensivist.
Indeed, our reactions to certain thought experiments strongly suggest that we think rational anticipation, self-concern, moral responsibility, and the like can be justified even in the absence of biological continuity.
Whereas the parents' view of fever has often been described as being irrational [ 4, 14], we found the participants' accounts to represent a rational approach when considering their responsibility, experienced uncertainty and perceived options for actions at hand.
The important thing in the relationship between national and local government is that we redistribute resources and responsibilities in a rational way.
