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Reasonableness
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The concept of reasonableness has two related meanings in law and political theory:
- As a legal norm, it is used "for the assessment of such matters as actions, decisions, and persons, rules and institutions, [and] also arguments and judgments."[1]
- As a regulative idea, it "requires... that all factors that might be relevant in answering a practical question be considered and... that they be assembled in a correct relation to each other in order to justify [a judgement]."[1]
Reasonableness should not be conflated with rationality.[1]
- ^ a b c Bongiovanni, Giorgio, ed. (2009). Reasonableness and law. Law and philosophy library. Dordrecht Heidelberg: Springer. ISBN 978-1-4020-8499-7.
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