Word: rationale
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The shotgun marriage of Marxist philosophy and Christian commitment could only be seriously entertained in America, and it reflects an instinctive, shrewd understanding of the American mind on Jones's part. The religious impulse in America is strong, much stronger, as De Toqueville points out, than in Europe, where religion...
Psychiatrists and other experts on group psychology and mind-control techniques offered rational explanations of how humans can be conditioned to commit such irrational acts (see box). Yet the stories told by those who survived were both fearsomely fascinating and ultimately inexplicable. How could such idealistic, if naive, people set...
Ann Kotell ran the entire libertarian course before joining Black Rose over a year ago. Starting with objectivism, which is a philosophical approach to libertarianism derived from Ayn Rand's theory of "rational egoism," she moved on to MLP and from there to Black Rose.
New York politicians have rarely been accused of promoting a rational discussion of important issues and critical choices, and this year's candidates for the governorship haven't surprised anyone on that score. True to form, incumbent Gov. Hugh L. Carey and Republican challenger Perry B. Duryea, minority leader of...
To head the Stage 2 program, Carter would like to name Alfred Kahn, a somewhat ironic choice. As chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board, Kahn became famous for freeing airlines from burdensome federal regulation. As overseer of the guidelines, he would be in charge of much greater Government intervention in...