Religious rationality and instrumental rationality, a case study: based on the relationship between reason, religion, and nature from Allameh Tabatabai's point of view.

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Abstract: Human behavior is governed by rules that shape their behavior and are the basis of their decision making. If we get those rules, we can analyze, explain and predict people's behavior. We may not have access to many of the rules that govern human behavior and are the basis of their decision-making; But some rules are general, they are universal; That is, the behavior of all, or the majority of human beings, follows these rules; In other words, all people act harmoniously, that is, no person, if he admits the truth of a statement, does not admit the truth of its opposite, or no person acts against his own interests and goals.

So what is raised is what is religious rationality and what are the differences with instrumental rationality?

It seems that religious rationality is rationality based on the health of nature and revelation, but instrumental rationality is rationality based on inner feelings, i.e. lust and anger.

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