Given the pervasiveness of a concern "with whether our conduct is justifiable from a general rather than a merely personal standpoint", urges Railton, most of us have a good instrumental reason to interest ourselves in morality (2003, 31).
Considering the current specificity, it is debatable whether implementation of this test in a population-based screening setting is justifiable, from both an ethical and an economic point of view.
Given the comparatively low specificity of the tumour M2-PK test observed in our study, we deliberately discussed with caution whether its implementation in a population-based screening setting is justifiable, from both an ethical and an economic point of view.
It is recognised that there may be justifiable deviations from complete fidelity due to tailoring to local conditions.
While this is not an argument in favour of poor quality data, reducing the time and valuable resources spent on detecting and correcting random errors in routine DSS operations may be justifiable as the returns from such procedures diminish with increasing overall accuracy.
If South Africa's government were white and followed the present course, there would be justifiable howls of "racist genocide" from all quarters.
With regard to not fully explaining the study purpose to patients because they were unaware of their diagnosis, we finally concluded that, although it might present ethical concerns, it seemed to be the only possible approach and to be justifiable given that the findings from this study could be beneficial in providing more appropriate psychological support to terminally ill patients.
That may be justifiable: the euro-zone's retreat from the brink of chaos has reduced the need for Britons to squirrel away a precautionary stash of savings.
While from an academic point of view this might be justifiable, it is questionable whether the results could significantly affect collection management practice, particularly in large collections.
Deviations from the protocol should be justifiable and approved by the IRB.
