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practical reason

noun

  1. (in Kantian ethics) reason applied to the problem of action and choice, especially in ethical matters.


practical reason

noun

  1. the faculty by which human beings determine how to act
  2. reasoning concerning the relative merits of actions
  3. the principles governing arguments which issue in actions or intentions to act
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of practical reason1

First recorded in 1895–1900

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