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practical reason
(redirected from Moral reason)

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practical reason, reasoning
n Philosophy Logic
1. (Philosophy / Logic) the faculty by which human beings determine how to act
2. (Philosophy) reasoning concerning the relative merits of actions
3. (Philosophy) the principles governing arguments which issue in actions or intentions to act


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