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[filed under theme 23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 1. Deontology ]

Full Idea

"Rational" may mean rationally required or rationally acceptable

Gist of Idea

Something may be 'rational' either because it is required or because it is acceptable

Source

Thomas Nagel (The View from Nowhere [1986], X.4)

Book Ref

Nagel,Thomas: 'The View from Nowhere' [OUP 1989], p.200