![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When it comes to rational decision-making, goals and alternatives are made explicitly clear, the consequences of pursuing different alternative courses of action are calculated, and these potential consequences are evaluated in terms of how close they are to the goals in question. Meanwhile, the term irrational is appropriate when describing decision-making processes that respond to the emotions or that deviate from action chosen “rationally.” In contrast, the term nonrational is meant to denote decision-making processes that are intuitive and evaluative. The term rational is used to describe decision-making processes that are consciously analytic. While we are at it, we should discuss what ‘rationality’ actually is… These two terms are different and must be recognized as such. Nonrationality is NOT the same thing as irrationality. ![]() Though this is a relatively rare distinction to be made, it is nonetheless an important one. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |