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    Rationality admits of degrees and domains, so violating a... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→A man who goes against his own best judgment acts and judges irrationally.

    Rationality admits of degrees and domains, so violating a global principle does not entail that the agent's action or judgment is irrational simpliciter.

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    • 1.Humans demonstrate domain-specific expertise: a physicist may be rational in physics but irrational about nutrition without being irrational simpliciter.
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    • 2.Rational agents can reasonably prioritize competing values differently across contexts without violating unified rationality standards.
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    • 3.One logical violation in a narrow domain doesn't undermine rationality across all other domains where the agent reasons soundly.
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    • 1.If rationality has no global standards, we lose meaningful grounds to distinguish rational from irrational agents altogether.
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    • 2.Domain-specific reasoning ultimately relies on shared logical principles; violating them anywhere suggests systematic irrationality.
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    • 3.Allowing rationality 'in degrees' risks making the concept too permissive, excusing contradictions we normally call irrational.
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