Word: rationale
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The key to his campaign, I decide, was in not saying anything a rational human being could possibly disagree with. In the debate, his answers are dominated by unobjectionable statements: I say tonight I'm for opportunity, responsibility and community.... We have to...balance this budget while we protect Medicare...
First, it provides an excuse to incarcerate a large proportion of poor black and brown youths, for whom there are few jobs and who might rebel against their dire condition. Also, the deleterious effects of these drugs on rational thought keeps these youths from organizing themselves into a potent political...
The racial discrimination at Texaco demonstrates the need for affirmative action and minorities at the top levels of organizations. To assume that qualified minorities cannot be found is ridiculous, especially when racial and ethnic minorities constitute a large proportion of the U.S. population. The diversity of backgrounds and interests that...
...They may look pretty over the fireplace, but other than that, I don't see much practical use for them, unless you happen to be a drug dealer defending your turf or a psychotic, disgruntled employee who's decided that the moment of purification is at hand. The entire rationale behind the movement seems to be, "We need guns so we can defend ourselves when the federal government comes to take away our guns...
...level of pettier sins--lust, greed--we are naturally good at making our actions seem just. How many spouses are lured into infidelity, even desertion, by the conviction that they married the "wrong" person the first time around or that this person has "changed"? These often delusional rationales are (to put it a bit metaphorically) our genes "trying" to get us to do the kinds of things--infidelity, betrayal--that during evolution helped propel them into the next generation. Hence the human dimension of our animal behavior: it feels so rational and right. Lots of animals are violent, treacherous...