Rationality

Can rationality of an argument be justified only by being justifiable to others? According to Habermas, the rationality of a speech act depends on the illocutionary aim of reaching understanding between the speaker and the hearer about something in the world. However, the hearer must be able to understand and accept the speech act made by the speaker. Thus the illocutionary success of the speaker depends on the comprehensibility and acceptability of the speech act. It seems that Habermas over emphasizes

Bounded rationality Bounded rationality emphasizes limitations to rational decision making that are imposed by constraints on a decision maker’s attention, resources, and ability to process information. It assumes that economic actors intend to be rational, but are only able to exercise their rationality to a limited extent (Simon 1957). Important theoretical. Rebound effect (Social-Economic) Rebound effects

1. (1) The five “eras” of budgeting policy discussed by Mitchell and Thurmaier in their article “Currents and Undercurrents in Budgeting Theory: Exploring the Swirls, Heading Upstream” are the Control Era, Management Integration Era, Planning Era, Policy Era and Collaboration Era. The Control Era lasted from 1906 until 1938 and was dominated by efforts by the public to regain control over budgetary and tax policies; Progressivism was a powerful movement, and it helped drive the movement to create

themselves isolated on a desert island, waiting to be rescued. Ralph is first introduced as “The boy with the fair hair” who looks up to his father. Ralph starts off as a rational character and attempts to maintain his rationality throughout the novel. This sense of rationality is expressed at a point in the beginning of the novel when Ralph says “Seems to me we ought to have a chief to decide things” and expresses his rational approach to how the boys could be civil and enforce law in order. He

unless fruit claimed them, brought little pieces of wood and threw them in” (41). The hope and unity the boys display at the beginning of the book is represented by their precious fire on top of the rock. Piggy’s specs symbolize the logic and rationality that, however hard to hold on to, is desperately needed by the boys. Being stranded on an island is a stressful and terrifying situation. Rational thinking is one of the most important things in this type of situation, yet the voice of panic usually

dominate more and more sectors of American society as well as the rest if the world. Ritzer’s idea of McDonaldization is developed through his five concepts of: efficiency, calculability, predictability, control by technology, and the irrationality of rationality. What society is faced with are these specific questions: “Is McDonaldization good for society?” and “How will it affect our future?” These questions will be unanswered for many years to come as humans digest the likability of social control.

CASE STUDY: The Outstanding Faculty Award This case study outlines the steps taking by a committee to during the process as well as the solution to those problems will be discussed. The case study lays out the decisions taken by this formal committee. The task at hand is to choose the most outstanding faculty on the basis of various parameters. Three meetings were conducted by the committee to arrive at a decision for selecting the most suitable faculty of the year. In the first meeting

Today’s class discussion was about Rational Theories, which states that individuals make reasonable decisions and apply them to their daily life activities. Individual make these decisions based on their best self-interest. The major points of the Rational Theory are: Routine Activities Theory, Lifestyle Theory and Rational Choice Perspective. Routine activities theory states that the circumstances of an individual’s life is mainly decided by the daily pattern of social interaction or activities

"Reason is how we discover the truth in nature, without relying on the senses,” said by Descartes. It seems as if Descartes believes that reason is rational, objective thought whereas senses are subjective thoughts. Neither are objective, as humans even our most rational thoughts are subjective and bias to who we are as individual people. Even if reason tells people that the sky is red, our senses say otherwise and no amount of reason can persuade what one can see right in front of them. I would

Why are so many fisheries over-exploited and why have policy-makers struggled to do anything about it? The most appealing point from Hardin’s classic paper is that we cannot expect ones to have consciousness over what lies beyond oneself. Furthermore, comparing whether ones is more mindful than the other is simply obscure or even imperceptible (Hardin, 1968). Although the contexts was in regard to breeding and laissez-faire population growth, this idea has deeper and broader context that is much