Sentence examples for responsible rational from inspiring English sources

In Theory he puts great weight on publicity ultimately because he thinks that giving people knowledge of the moral bases of coercive laws is a condition of fully acknowledging and respecting them as free and responsible rational moral agents.

The open society as thus conceived of by Popper may be defined as 'an association of free individuals respecting each other's rights within the framework of mutual protection supplied by the state, and achieving, through the making of responsible, rational decisions, a growing measure of humane and enlightened life' (Levinson, R.B. In Defense of Plato, 17).

Because it was the responsible, rational thing to do.

Think of yourself as a potentially courageous, responsible, rational and loving being struggling to become everything you have ever wanted to become.

Government of the people requires an electoral system that produces responsible, rational representatives who care more about people than ideological purity.

We must be able to see the wrong lessons we have drawn from our lives so that we can correct them and go on to live more responsible, rational and loving lives.

The prefrontal cortex is responsible for rational thought, planning, assessment, anger suppression, all the complex things that go out the window after the 6th pint.

With any luck, your amygdala (the almond-size flight-or-fight controller in your head) will calm down and your cerebral cortex (responsible for rational thinking) will take over again.

It appears that many, rather than seeing this street brawl as the violent actions of two grown and influential men clearly unable to control their tempers and react in responsible and rational ways, are viewing it as some rich-boy sideshow entertainment.

According to L11, it is not possible to lie to "children, madmen, or those whose minds have been impaired by age or illness" (Donagan 1977, 89), since they are not fully responsible and rational persons.

Clearly a responsible and rational society puts in place some restrictions.