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instrumental rationality  Term Image (instrumental rationality) Script Image
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Short Description: A "means-end" view of rationality that ranks actions in terms of their likelihood to satisfy a given set of objectives
Long Description: A "means-end" view of rationality that ranks actions in terms of their likelihood to satisfy a given set of objectives, not an assessment of the ends themselves (which involves substantive rationality)
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Source(s): Islam, Fundamentalism, and the Betrayal of Tradition, edited by Dr. Joseph Lumbard
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Provided By: Dictionary of Spiritual Terms