Freedom and rationality

Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour 34 (2):167–177 (2004)
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Abstract

The question discussed in the present paper is whether actions that are free can be thought of as rational. According to one view, no free action could be rational. According to another, all free actions must be rational. I argue that both these positions are false and that there is no necessary connection between freedom and rationality. Some free actions are rational, others are not.

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