Values can be rational even untested

By Prof Dr. Sohail Ansari

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.” ― Albert Einstein. Allah does not burden a soul beyond that it can bear – Surah Baqarah – V 286

·       In ‘Transformative learning in practice’ Jack Mezirow says: ‘values and feelings are irrational if cannot be tested through rational discourse’.  If one cannot test justification of values and feelings through rational discourse, it cannot make values necessarily irrational as discourse can possible be irrational or not comprehensively rational enough to critically assess underlying assumption.  

Test of feasibility

·       The Feasibility of recommendation is judged by how much work one puts onto the case from the recommendation.