Can Rationality Be Irrational?

This is the paradox of rationality: it inevitably leads to irrationality. ... The main reason we think of McDonaldization

as irrational, and ultimately unreasonable, is that it tends to become a dehumanizing system that may become antihuman or even destructive to human beings".

Can rationality ever really be irrational?

Rational irrationality describes a situation in which it is instrumentally rational for an actor to be epistemically irrational. Caplan argues that rational irrationality is more likely in situations in which: people have preferences over beliefs, i.e., some kinds of beliefs are more appealing than others and.

What are the 4 types of rationality?

Four types of rationality are identified and com- pared with one another: practical, theoretical, substantive, and for- mal. Only "ethical substantive rationality" introduces methodical ways of life.