Sentence examples for we rational from inspiring English sources

In this case, it is insufficient to describe how we are motivated; what is relevant is a description of how we would be motivated were we rational.

Taken together, this research bears heavily on two central questions in the philosophical literature: first, the broad character of human nature (e.g., in what sense are we rational animals? How should we conceive of human autonomy?); second, the philosophical ideals of the good society and good government.

The real question is: Are we rational actors?

We rational ones, with the quieter dreams, we get day jobs and simply promise ourselves to set aside time to be creative.

We think we are rational beings, but we are not.

Given that, insofar as we are rational, we must will to develop capacities, it is by this very fact irrational not to do so.

Most of the Greek moralists think that, if we are rational, we aim at living well (eu zên) or happiness (eudaimonia).

So long as we are rational, "we are obliged to carry out absolutely all commands of the sovereign power, however absurd they may be" (16, 200).

Patrick Casey, Auxiliary Bishop and Vicar-General of Westminster: "We are rational beings; we are not animals; this is not the farmyard".

We like to think we are rational beings, but it has been shown that we exhibit plenty of behaviors that deviate from the rational path.

"Any way of being where we're being rational, we're thinking in stories," he says.