He defends the principle against anti-utilitarian arguments and against some intuitions that run counter to it but that may be irrational (on his view).
This reflexive thinking may be irrational, but there's a logic in the way the brain makes this instant calculation of probability.
Auxiliary hypotheses are critical, he argues, but may be irrational.
It may be irrational but "a curse is a curse and nobody wants a curse".
"It may be irrational, but I suspect that's lurking there".
It may be irrational for a foreign leader to cross an American red line and risk a forceful response.
"The feelings may be irrational, but once you have the feelings, the behavior is perfectly rational," said Dr. George Lowenstein, a professor of economics and psychology at Carnegie Mellon University.
Ultimately, such behaviour results in a better outcome for all.Indeed, people may be irrational, but generally they do make reasonable decisions.
And while some of that distrust may be irrational — the beef issue has become entangled with questions of Korean national pride, which has been insulted by clumsy American diplomacy — it's hard to blame them.
Besides, it may be irrational to go into ecstasies about the continuation of a politically disenfranchised monarchy, but nations are not rational constructs, and the history of Britain is told in kings and queens.
