Sentence examples for acceptable motives from inspiring English sources

But I'm going to answer the question anyway, because it raises interesting notions about the acceptable motives for making a personal decision.

Ure argues that although the medieval Church did not consider wanderlust an acceptable motive for pilgrimage, the journeys made by the faithful gave rise to a booming tourist industry.

"A caution is warranted concerning the use of a theme that suggests a morally acceptable motive for the crime.

There is no acceptable motive or rationale for these crimes, as there is no acceptable excuse that they should be allowed to continue with flagrant impunity.

All agreed that, when carried out with proper motives, abortion could be acceptable, e.g. when the life of the woman was in danger and in cases of rape.

However an explicit rationing motive was regarded as acceptable.

Trustworthiness, in turn, consists of three main characteristics: technical competence to perform a task reliably (ability), having benign motives (benevolence), and acting according to acceptable ethical principles such as fairness and honesty (integrity).

By giving accounts for their actions people display their awareness of the disaffiliating or unexpected nature of the action and their understanding of the reasons and motives which make the action more acceptable or ordinary.

For a gift to be acceptable, the friendship would have to be the predominant motive for it, she said.

Both sides appear to mistrust each others' motives, so finding an outcome that enhances child safety while producing an acceptable headline will prove tricky.

We all agree that what Adam Lanza did was unspeakable and we will never know the definitive reason for his motives -- yet perhaps the more complex question is where did we learn that judgment is acceptable?