Rationalization is neither necessary nor sufficient for action, as Frankfurt's hierarchical mesh theory shows agency requires identification with motivating states, not causal pathway type.
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agency(Used to assess whether switching the trolley is deontologically prohibited.)
A morally relevant sense in which an agent is the direct cause of harm, invoked in deontological constraints; its absence removes a deontological bar to acting.
necessary and sufficient conditions(in philosophical analysis)
A 'necessary' condition is something that must be true for something else to happen; a 'sufficient' condition is something that guarantees it will happen. This phrase describes what must be true (and what's enough) for a definition to apply.
rationalization(Contrasted with causal explanation in critiques of functionalism)
Showing how an individual's beliefs, desires, and behavior conform, or at least approximate, to certain a priori norms or ideals of theoretical and practical reasoning.