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practical reason
noun
- (in Kantian ethics) reason applied to the problem of action and choice, especially in ethical matters.
practical reason
noun
- the faculty by which human beings determine how to act
- reasoning concerning the relative merits of actions
- the principles governing arguments which issue in actions or intentions to act
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Word History and Origins
Origin of practical reason1
First recorded in 1895–1900
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