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Barry Eisler
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Zero Sum
What makes humans special is our need to rationalize our actions."
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Ayn Rand
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Philosophy: Who Needs It?
Rationalization is a process of not perceiving reality, but of attempting to make reality fit one's emotions.
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John Updike
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Rabbit at Rest
In a way, gluttony is an athletic feat, a stretching exercise.
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Rebecca Goldstein
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Plato at the Googleplex: Why
Everybody makes excuses for themselves they wouldn't be prepared to make for other people.
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Saul Bellow
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The Adventures of Augie March
Many common lies and hypocrisies are like that, just out of the harmony of the moment.
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Barbara W. Tuchman
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The March of Folly: From Troy
When a pope's election could not be explained rationally, it was attributed to the Holy Ghost.
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Joseph Heller
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Catch-22
The chaplain had sinned, and it was good. Common sense told him that telling lies and defecting from duty were sins. On the other hand, everyone knew that sin was evil and that no good could come from evil. But he did feel good; he felt positively marvelous. Consequently, it followed logically that telling lies and defecting from duty could not be sins. The chaplain had mastered, in a moment of divine intuition, the handy technique of protective rationalization, and he was exhilarated by his discovery. It was miraculous.
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Randy Alcorn
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Money, Possessions and
Tolstoy said, 'The antagonism between life and conscience may be removed either by a change of life or by a change of conscience.' Many of us have elected to adjust our consciences rather than our lives. Our powers of rationalization are unlimited. They allow us to live in luxury and indifference while others, whom we could help if we chose to, starve and go to hell.
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