Thought question for Tuesday:

1. Do you think rationalization, as Ellis and Schwitzgebel define it, is irrational?

2. Do you think it is ever to our benefit to rationalize in this sense? 

3. Are your answers to the above questions compatible with your answer to the question from last week?  It was:

Do you think it can ever be to one's benefit to behave in a way that is unequivocally irrational? Why or why not? Be clear about the sense of irrationality you are employing.