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The phrase "reason dictates" is correct and usable in written English
It is often used as a transition or filler phrase to introduce the logical or rational explanation for a certain action or decision. Example 1: "I know we all want to go out and have fun tonight, but reason dictates that we should stay in and study for our exams tomorrow." Example 2: "I was tempted to confront my boss about his rude behavior, but reason dictates that I should first talk to HR and handle the situation professionally."
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Reason dictates it.
But reason dictates some prudence.
But reason dictates less of what we do than we fondly imagine.
Reason dictates that the whole block should have been redeveloped years ago, but the buildings soldier on.
And moving back and forth between the individual and the society, Plato goes on to describe a series of processes through which the wills and desires and impulses of, on the one hand, the auxiliaries and the workers, and, on the other hand, spirit and appetite, can be brought into harmony with what reason dictates.
That reason dictates what follow-up is relevant.
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Those who write treatises of natural law, can only declare what their own moral sense & reason dictate in the several cases they state.
Republicans reacted by sounding a familiar theme, saying the E.P.A. had gone beyond what Congress or reason dictated, and ascribing the cleanup costs as too high.
No doubt it will be claimed that measures, taken at the eleventh hour to deter immigration, worked; despite reason dictating that most people plan such a life-altering move more than a month in advance, which was when the government started trying to out-Ukip Ukip.
He says that his hair is a symbol of the strength and wisdom he has accumulated over the years, and that to cut it for reasons dictated by the white man would bring "taunting and ridicule from deceased members of my tribe".
To be perfectly rational is to have one's agency shaped by the reasons that bear on one's agency in the way that those reasons dictate.
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