What Is It To Be Rational?

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Re: What Is It To Be Rational?

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Philosophy Now wrote: Thu Nov 05, 2020 6:42 pm What Is It To Be Rational?

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This wiki article provides a good general view of what is it to be rational?
Rationality is the quality or state of being rational – that is, being based on or agreeable to reason.[1][2] Rationality implies the conformity of one's beliefs with one's reasons to believe, and of one's actions with one's reasons for action. "Rationality" has different specialized meanings in philosophy,[3] economics, sociology, psychology, evolutionary biology, game theory and political science.

To determine what behavior is the most rational, one needs to make several key assumptions, and also needs a logical formulation of the problem. When the goal or problem involves making a decision, rationality factors in all information that is available (e.g. complete or incomplete knowledge). Collectively, the formulation and background assumptions are the models within which rationality applies. Rationality is relative: if one accepts a model in which benefitting oneself is optimal, then rationality is equated with behavior that is self-interested to the point of being selfish; whereas if one accepts a model in which benefiting the group is optimal, then purely selfish behavior is deemed irrational.

It is thus meaningless to assert rationality without also specifying the background model assumptions describing how the problem is framed and formulated.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rationality
Basically what is rational is that reason must always prevails over blind emotions and passions in one's beliefs and actions. Emotions and intuitions are necessary to complement rationality but they are secondary to reasoning.

Whatever the reasoned driven beliefs and actions they must be overridden by moral facts, i.e. good [to be justified empirically and philosophically]. Thus any reasoned evil and violent acts cannot be termed as rational.

Whatever are moral facts they must be grounded to the forces of evolution that enable human beings to emerge and progress.
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This wiki article provides a good general view of what is it to be rational?
Rationality is the quality or state of being rational – that is, being based on or agreeable to reason.[1][2] Rationality implies the conformity of one's beliefs with one's reasons to believe, and of one's actions with one's reasons for action. "Rationality" has different specialized meanings in philosophy,[3] economics, sociology, psychology, evolutionary biology, game theory and political science.

To determine what behavior is the most rational, one needs to make several key assumptions, and also needs a logical formulation of the problem. When the goal or problem involves making a decision, rationality factors in all information that is available (e.g. complete or incomplete knowledge). Collectively, the formulation and background assumptions are the models within which rationality applies. Rationality is relative: if one accepts a model in which benefitting oneself is optimal, then rationality is equated with behavior that is self-interested to the point of being selfish; whereas if one accepts a model in which benefiting the group is optimal, then purely selfish behavior is deemed irrational.

It is thus meaningless to assert rationality without also specifying the background model assumptions describing how the problem is framed and formulated.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rationality
Basically what is rational is that reason must always prevails over blind emotions and passions in one's beliefs and actions. Emotions and intuitions are necessary to complement rationality but they are secondary to reasoning.

Whatever the reasoned driven beliefs and actions they must be overridden by moral facts, i.e. good [to be justified empirically and philosophically]. Thus any reasoned evil and violent acts cannot be termed as rational.

Whatever are moral facts they must be grounded to the forces of evolution that enable human beings to emerge and progress.
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Re: What Is It To Be Rational?

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This wiki article provides a good general view of what is it to be rational?
Rationality is the quality or state of being rational – that is, being based on or agreeable to reason.[1][2] Rationality implies the conformity of one's beliefs with one's reasons to believe, and of one's actions with one's reasons for action. "Rationality" has different specialized meanings in philosophy,[3] economics, sociology, psychology, evolutionary biology, game theory and political science.

To determine what behavior is the most rational, one needs to make several key assumptions, and also needs a logical formulation of the problem. When the goal or problem involves making a decision, rationality factors in all information that is available (e.g. complete or incomplete knowledge). Collectively, the formulation and background assumptions are the models within which rationality applies. Rationality is relative: if one accepts a model in which benefitting oneself is optimal, then rationality is equated with behavior that is self-interested to the point of being selfish; whereas if one accepts a model in which benefiting the group is optimal, then purely selfish behavior is deemed irrational.

It is thus meaningless to assert rationality without also specifying the background model assumptions describing how the problem is framed and formulated.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rationality
Basically what is rational is that reason must always prevails over blind emotions and passions in one's beliefs and actions. Emotions and intuitions are necessary to complement rationality but they are secondary to reasoning.

Whatever the reasoned driven beliefs and actions they must be overridden by moral facts, i.e. good [to be justified empirically and philosophically]. Thus any reasoned evil and violent acts cannot be termed as rational.

Whatever are moral facts they must be grounded to the forces of evolution that enable human beings to emerge and progress.
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