Sentence examples for as justification of from inspiring English sources

The CAT says, "No exceptional circumstance whatsoever … may be invoked as justification of torture," a principle the US endorsed without reservation.

More disappointingly, he references six vague GCHQ case studies as justification of blanket interception of communications moving in and out of the country.

WHEN a company receives criticism about its executive pay practices, a typical defense is to cite a rising stock price as justification of its pay.

Detainee refuses to participate in direct questioning, often citing imaginary or assumed mistreatment of himself, or others, as justification of this refusal in a classic example of al-Qaida counter-interrogation techniques".

The secretary of the Confederate Navy, Stephen Mallory, saw the Virginia's success as justification of his casemate ironclad philosophy — ships built quickly and simply, with large sloping armored sides to deflect enemy gunfire — and quickly ordered more.

Another response sees these adaptive hypotheses as justification of the status quo to the advantage of those who benefit.

But while these earlier theories had been offered as justifications of the normative force of morality, Nietzsche's idea that behind moral prescriptions lies nothing but "will to power" undermined that authority.

— United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, criticizing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for his using terrorism as justification for the deaths of hundreds of Syrian civilians.

A description of the system design, as well as a justification of its operating parameters is given.

It contains detailed information about the optimization methodology, the simulation process, and sensitivity as well as rigorous justification of quantitative claims.

The series of recent terror attacks, and apparent attempted attacks, in Paris and Belgium are being used as justification for this push and of 'evidence' of imperative.