Practical Reason Reason can and should guide one in deciding what to believe, at least in large part. But can reason also guide one's actions and the goals that one aims to achieve through them? This question is at the heart of philosophical...

Rationalism in Ethics (Practical-Reason Approaches) Practical-reasoning theory is a kind of metaethical view—alongside noncognitivism and other cognitivisms such as naturalism and rational intuitionism—that aims to understand ethics as...

In philosophy, practical reason is the use of reason to decide how to act. This contrasts with theoretical reason (often called speculative reason), which is the use of reason to decide what to believe. For example: agents use practical reason to decide...

Klumpp's (1991) examination of recent scholarship on argumentation celebrates the diversity which various scholars have brought to the study of practical argument. The three works examined in this review provide good examples of the kind of diversity present in discourse on practical argument....

Numerous commentators argue that Kant did not address the relationship of theoretical and practical reason until the Critique of Judgment in 1790. Others argue Kant presented a coherent account of the unity of reason in 1780 and the Critique of Judgement adds few if...

The House on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a four-year extension of a moratorium on state and local taxes on Internet access, despite widespread support in both parties for a permanent ban.The tax ban, first passed in 1998, is set to expire on Nov. 1. The extension...

It's a fashion that started in prison, and now the saggy pants craze has come full circle _ low-slung street strutting in some cities may soon mean run-ins with the law, including a stint in jail.Proposals to ban saggy pants are starting to ride up...