A human intelligence that asks why before it asks how, that is directed toward freedom rather than utility, is not rational so much as reasonable. It does not waste its energy rationalizing the existing state of affairs or its own weakness. It reasons instead, with the help of values and others, toward better futures. It operates in the borderland of unpredictability, considering values and facts. It seeks to understand the world as it is and to bend it toward the way it should be.
