Sentence examples for reasoning to act from inspiring English sources

Harris [ 17, 31, 58- 60], however, insists that without concurrent changes in a person's moral reasoning, these changes would not amount to moral enhancement at all: We will, I believe, always need to use moral reasoning to act as a guide to our emotions and as a way of checking that we are having appropriate feelings in appropriate circumstances and for appropriate objects.

In denying theoretical reason all insight into the supersensible (against various stripes of rationalism) and in denying normative authority to the inclinations (against Hume), Kant thereby rules out the only ways that that theoretical or instrumental reasoning could supply authoritative reasons to act: only pure practical reason can do this.

Hume is particularly concerned with analyzing our practical reasoning, our reasoning about how to act.

Among those attributes are the consciousness of oneself as a temporally-extended being; practical rationality the capacity to govern one's actions by reasoning about how to act; and the capacity to make and respond to moral demands.

Some added the concepts of clinical reasoning, knowing how to act and react to situations and solving complex problems, efficiency, confidence and the ability to mobilize resources.

Their statement explained their reasoning: "We are not to act in a manner that will give the prejudiced press and autocratic employers a chance to criticize us".

Accused persons can avail themselves of a volitional defense if they do not suffer from a (relevant) defect in reasoning but are unable to act as they judge they ought.

Chan and Harris complain, of serotonin, that 'it impairs or short-circuits moral reasoning and induces us to act on the basis of emotion rather than rational consideration of the moral and social consequences of those actions.' Status quo bias may or may not involve emotion, but it's a nice example of a psychological force that 'short-circuits moral reasoning'.

"Intentions to act … are the expectations of acting that issue from reflective theoretical reasoning" (Velleman 1989: 98).

Whatever the S.E.C.'s reasoning -- there are indications it wants to act this spring -- Canada's securities industry would be shaken by the loss of the registration agreement.

Part of his reasoning was that he already knew he wanted to act and write, and that it would be difficult to have a normal college experience.