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