RATIONALIZATION Index

Rationalization is a cover-up. A process of providing your emotions with a false identity, of using false justifications.

For example:

"Nobody can be certain of anything" is a rationalization for a feeling of envy and hatred toward those who are certain.

"It may be true for you but it is not true for me" is a rationalization for a one's inability and unwillingness to prove the validity of one's contentions.

"Nobody is perfect in this world" is a rationalization for the desire to continue indulging in one's imperfections.

"Nobody can help anything he does" is a rationalization for the escape from moral responsibility.

"I can't prove it, but I feel that it's true" is a description of the process of rationalizing.