Economics functions as an ideology insofar as it willfully interprets all evidence to conform to this picture, normatively prescribes this self - understanding as the only rational way to think about social interactions, and then recommends and puts into effect the policies of modern liberal society that encourage us to become autonomous, utility - maximizing agents with arbitrary preferences. (firstthings.com)
Meanwhile, after their man won the Labour leadership race and the Party moved closer to their political agenda, soft left pressure group Compass responded in the only rational way possible: by walking away from the Party. (leftfutures.org)
Frankly, «lowered» expectations, by what I sense your definition is, seems like the only rational way to approach movies in general. (cinemalogue.com)