Non Rational

The second, called "non-rational propaganda," is not necessarily aligned with anyone's "enlightened self-interest," but is instead "dictated by, and appeals to, passion." ❋ Mark Cassello (2010)

This would, indeed, make my decision non-rational. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In a debate with Hitchens a few years ago, the journalist Chris Hedges made the point that Hitchens fulminated against the irrational without admitting the existence of the non-rational. ❋ Roger Housden (2011)

Only a post-modern, multi-cultural, cultural-relative, non-rational analysis could conclude that corruption was subjective. ❋ Unknown (2009)

What I needed to change wasn't my official beliefs but the non-rational cancer of prejudice inculcated into me by the Bronze Age biblical mythology I was raised on. ❋ Frank Schaeffer (2011)

Why are Republicans so good at propagating non-rational propaganda? ❋ Mark Cassello (2010)

It is a non-rational intuition of the truth, goodness and beauty that lie alongside the darkness in any human heart; an intuition that spurs us to actions that transcend our drive for personal gain and even survival. ❋ Roger Housden (2011)

I make plenty of non-rational decisions, so does everybody else. ❋ Unknown (2010)

We also have feelings (which are largely non-rational), desires (often the same), etc. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It is, however, "non-rational" in the sense that it may be very personal, emotional and existential -- a different kind of truth from the process of seeking objective universal truth. ❋ Rabbi Lawrence Troster (2011)