rational principle

collocation in English

meaningsofrationalandprinciple

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rational
adjective
uk
/ˈræʃ.ən.əl/us
/ˈræʃ.ən.əl/
based on clear thought ...
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principle
noun
uk
/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/us
/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/
a basic idea or rule that explains or controls how something happens ...
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(Definition ofrationalandprinciplefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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What determines what is right is the relevantrationalprinciple.
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The question is, then, what other principle of choice there could be, and how to understand it as arationalprinciple.
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These authors sought neither to create nor to adopt a new language that could serve as arationalprinciplestructuring a system of nature.
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What the priority of identity torationalprincipledoes do is establish a rational permission to identify with others and join in a common agency.
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I hope that he can state a logical andrationalprincipleto defend the choice.
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It is, therefore, important that it should be levied on some sort ofrationalprinciple.
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But really that is not a veryrationalprinciple.
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Di-di (id-id) who is more instinctual and irrational is seen as the backward id or subversion of therationalprinciple.
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It may be translated asrationalprincipleor law.
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The principles in question might be called "rational principles of indifference" (p. 140).
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His main evidence comes from studies of moral dumbfounding where people have strong moral reactions but fail to establish any kind ofrationalprincipleto explain their reaction.
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Practical considerations dictated departure from purely rational principles, however.
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In many contexts, groups can form views and goals by means of rational principles (such as majority voting).
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One of the most recent and no doubt most rational principles is the need to reduce further public indebtedness.
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It seems to me that good regulation involves setting down explicit rational principles which one then puts into practice.
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Until recently, it was argued by some, including some in my profession, that they operated on rational principles.
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The book was the first full-scale work to tackle criminal reform and to suggest that criminal justice should conform to rational principles.
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No law based on rational principles can impose liability on each and every act of carelessness.
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The concept of fairness must be applied judicially and the content which it is given by the courts must be based upon rational principles.
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