贬义的合理化：库什曼的论述忽略了合理化的范围和成本。

Rationalization in the pejorative sense: Cushman's account overlooks the scope and costs of rationalization.

机构信息

Department of Philosophy, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz,

Department of Philosophy, University of California at Riverside, Riverside, CA92521-0201.

出版信息

Behav Brain Sci. 2020 Apr 15;43:e35. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X19002152.

DOI:10.1017/S0140525X19002152

PMID:32292140

Abstract

According to Cushman, rationalization occurs when a person has performed an action and then concocts beliefs and desires that would have made it rational. We argue that this isn't the paradigmatic form of rationalization. Consequently, Cushman's explanation of the function and usefulness of rationalization is less broad-reaching than he intends. Cushman's account also obscures some of rationalization's pernicious consequences.

摘要

库什曼认为，当一个人采取了某种行动，然后编造出一些会使其行为合理化的信念和欲望时，合理化便发生了。我们认为，这并不是合理化的典型形式。因此，库什曼对合理化的功能和作用的解释并没有他预期的那么广泛。库什曼的说法也掩盖了一些合理化的有害后果。