ABSTRACT
The need for justifying rationality arises out of the context of a longstanding conflict between faith and reason. Some defenders of faith contend that in the last analysis no belief or action can be rationally justified. They argue that the standards upon which the supposed justifications rest do, themselves, need justification. But this justification cannot be provided because the processes of justifying one standard by another must lead either to infinite regress, or to nonrational commitment to some standard. Opposed to this is the view to be defended here: that the rational justification of beliefs and actions is possible.
