QUESTION TEXT: Explanation must be distinguished from justification….
QUESTION TYPE: Must Be True
FACTS:
- Explanation and justification aren’t the same.
- An explanation is why we do something and a justification is whether there is a good reason to do something.
- We may do something for silly reasons even if there was a justification.
- An action is rational only if the justification is part of the explanation.
ANALYSIS: We can conclude that a rational action needs to have a justifiable explanation.
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- The argument says that all actions have explanations.
- The reasons have to be justified. And even then, a justifiable explanation is only a necessary condition for rational action.
- We only know that many psychologists think that sometimes a justification isn’t part of the explanation.
- We don’t know. We’re not told if there is anything we can’t understand.
- CORRECT. Explanations are the causes. Reasons are justification. For an action to be rational, justifications must be part of the explanations.
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