Indeed, the oldest realists (Carr, Morgenthau, and Niebuhr) wrote precisely in response to what they saw as
state irrationality in the form of idealistic foreign policy.
Rational debate is not productive with someone who had
stated their irrationality.
Not exact matches
The case for socialism derives from the
irrationality of this
state of affairs.
Dawkins has publicly
stated that the events of 11 September 2001 demonstrates the
irrationality of religion.
One idea about
irrationality that I and various other people have put forward is that the risks we faced in our natural
state often came from evolved agents like leopards and snakes.
The
irrationality of this stance is fairly obvious unless you are in a
state of frustration bordering on hysteria...