On Oct 22, 2008, at 12:19 PM, wokshevs@xxxxxx wrote:
Commentary on Andy's contributions -----------> Quoting Andy <mimi.erva@xxxxxxxxx>:"that love, courage, faith, music, art, what to have for dinner or which wine to drink—none of the really important stuff is a purely rational choice."-----------> Reminding us of what my claim here is: Rationality is not a scalar or qualitiative term. One choice, option, judgement, decision, etc. is not"morerational than another." Given human circumstances of choice or decision, one option is *the* rational one to take, the other is irrational. My view is perfectly compatible with the view that not all decisions are rationally based.
Got it, finally. A similar argument regarding the category pregnancy is sometimes offered.
David Ritchie, off to join the returns line in Portland, Oregon------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html