... , and yet I still want to say that, barring certain circumstances, this was still a rational action. I want to say that, assuming the man doesn't suffer from any physical affliction that has impaired his judgement (i.e. schizophrenia or some other mental illness), and that he is operating only upon ... hasn't been hypnotized or had thoughts or beliefs implanted into his brain in some other fashion), then we have no choice but to consider the man's actions as rational. This is because we have no other choice to assume that his actions were a result of his own beliefs, ... the man still ac...

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