Sentence examples for cannot justify that from inspiring English sources
This time, this point in history may legitimize an act, but it cannot justify that act because ethical principles are eternal.
Again, consider someone who has a hunch that this Summer will be hotter than average but cannot justify that hunch further.
If we attempt to justify continued friendship in terms of the friend's being this particular person, with a particular historical relationship to me, then it seems like we are appealing to merely idiosyncratic and subjective properties, which might explain but cannot justify that friendship.
"The Sun cannot justify that.
They cannot justify that powerful states impose unjust rules on others or ignore such unjust rules while benefiting from them.
Even opponents of the yuck factor must concede that, sometimes, we know that an action is wrong merely on the basis of our reaction to it, even if we cannot satisfactorily justify that reaction.
But I think the We Get It! declaration makes better sense when you learn that it is backed by the Family Research Council and its spokesperson Tony Perkins (no, not the one in Psycho – I think) who says that "we cannot justify policies that make food and energy more expensive on the grounds that we're fighting against an environmental threat that is at best speculative".
"I cannot justify all that's going on," he said.
As weighty as this concern is, however, it cannot justify legislation that would otherwise fail to meet constitutional standards for definiteness and clarity.
P. 72. (7) The right to appropriate and spend money under contracts or proper governmental purposes cannot justify contracts that are not within federal power.
