Sentence examples for rationality to justify from inspiring English sources

We use rationality to justify our worldviews, but we did not arrive at those worldviews rationally.

Mere rationality is not enough to justify sex discrimination, which is subject to "heightened scrutiny" under the court's equal protection doctrine.

[It should be noted that Velleman (1989) embraces this idea; he thinks it sufficient to justify the rationality of intentions that they will be rationally supported once they are in place.

One of the first four (SEE 2.8) forms of social contract theory to arise was contractarianism, which attempts to justify coercive institutions in terms of pure instrumental rationality through rational bargains among parties dividing social resources.

They do not rely on the criteria of a theory of rationality often appealed to in the Kantian approach, but still seem to justify particular moral claims, such as claims concerning justice and injustice.

Yet whereas Vico had been interested in culture and history at large, the task is now more specific: How to justify the humanities within a university system that is based upon the Enlightenment ideals of critical reason and rationality, and no longer on authority, tradition, and theological canon?

"It was hard to justify.

James is tanking games to justify leaving.

But it was harder to justify now.

She used exercise to justify eating more.

As if I have to justify it.