Full Idea
Our notion of rationality is, at bottom, just one part of our conception of human flourishing, our idea of the good.
Gist of Idea
Rationality is one part of our conception of human flourishing
Source
Hilary Putnam (Reason, Truth and History [1981], Pref)
Book Reference
Putnam,Hilary: 'Reason, Truth and History' [CUP 1998], p.-2
A Reaction
This looks like the beginnings of virtue epistemology, since rationality will have criteria, which would seem to be virtues. I find this idea appealing, both as a view of rationality, and as a view of the human good.