When I say rational, I mean behavior judged by its merits and the ends it causes rather than by the emotions it evokes or whether it feels nice. For instance, it would not feel nice to amputate a gangrenous limb, but to do so creates a better end for the body than to let it continue.
This is the first time I have tried to express these principles outside of a classroom and I will try to do so using different schools of thought as justification for the conclusions I draw or for possible explanation for differing conclusions that others may draw.
For my examples I will try do examine current affairs as well as classic postulates and where real-life examples are used I will try to ferret out the ultimate rather than proximate causes of the situations.
I will welcome any reasoned response to my writing, and would rather have someone disagree with me with clear and rational arguments for disagreeing with me, than to agree with my in a mindless chanting sort of way.
Please avoid reducto ad nazi, responses as well as using 7337 if you do have something to say.
The assumption here is that someone is reading this and of course, that is a huge assumption.
Thanks
