rational judgment

collocation in English

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rational
adjective
uk
/ˈræʃ.ən.əl/us
/ˈræʃ.ən.əl/
based on clear thought ...
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judgment
noun
uk
/ˈdʒʌdʒ.mənt/us
/ˈdʒʌdʒ.mənt/
the ability to form valuable opinions and make ...
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(Definition ofrationalandjudgmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is arationaljudgmentabout a general form of human well-being, about the fulfillment of a human potentiality.
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A focus is placed on the issue of empathy and how this, too, can act as a barrier torationaljudgmentwhen evaluating patients.
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And this appropriateness of good order in the individual and society is not something we just invent; rather, it becomes clear to us by experience, thought-experiment, discussion,rationaljudgment.
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It can be shown that g is a factor contributing torationaljudgment, but this does not say much about the quality of the normative models themselves.
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My point here is that these statistics are so unreliable that they cannot be used as a basis for arationaljudgment.
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When women wanted the vote they were told that they lacked maturity andrationaljudgment.
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It was not so very long ago that we were told that women could not have the vote because they were incapable ofrationaljudgment.
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The whole beef crisis has been far too bedeviled with politics rather than based on good scientific advice and coolrationaljudgment.
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Anyone can reach therationaljudgmentthat that is not so.
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It is clearly a bitter civil war and some of the atrocities that have taken place are unforgivable by anyrationaljudgment.
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It is a way of taking out any kind ofrationaljudgmentby those seeking to place their money to good effect.
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I understand its deeply held feelings, but they have clouded its clear andrationaljudgmentabout nuclear deterrence.
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I have listened to the debates here and have tried to arrive at a reasoned,rationaljudgment.
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The whole beef crisis has been far too bedevilled with politics rather than based on good scientific advice and coolrationaljudgment.
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I cannot see how anyrationaljudgmentof the revenue of the line could counter that statement.
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Without knowing the details, they are neither informed nor in a position to make arationaljudgment.
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By definition, the reason why everybody gets it wrong is that one cannot predict through skill, intellect orrationaljudgment.
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We want to have that carefully examined, so that arationaljudgmentcan be arrived at.
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If, however, the patient's condition is such that the surgeon considers him incapable ofrationaljudgment, he may use his own discretion.
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Where is the debate on all this so that we can make arationaljudgment?
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