Let us suppose that in general the theory of justice holds that a social hierarchy is desirable to the extent that it produces morally desirable consequences.
The upshot with respect to the argument from charity, and from virtue more generally, is that quite a lot remains to be done before it will be clear which virtues are desirable and the extent to which logical pluralism possesses them to a greater degree than its rivals.
It is not yet clear to what extent desirable strain qualities can be combined or whether there are trade-offs that limit the options available.
Despite these shortcomings, health workers consider supervision useful and desirable to the extent that it helps improve personal performance, to avoid mistakes and to update knowledge.
In 1945, when the British Ministry of Information hired Alfred Hitchcock to make a film about the extermination camps, he was instructed, in a memo, "It is especially desirable to document the extent to which non-Jewish German nationals were the victims of the German concentration camp system".
Reracking of existing fuel pools to the maximum extent is desirable from an economical point of view.
This article focuses on the question of how scientific objectivity should be define, whether the ideal of objectivity is desirable, and to what extent scientists can achieve it.
The optimal endoscopic approach to the drainage of malignant hilar strictures remains controversial, especially with regard to the extent of desirable drainage and unilateral or bilateral stenting.
However, the distorted sound of an overdriven vacuum tube amplifier can be a desirable sound, to the extent that modern Leslie simulators have an explicit "overdrive" setting.
Further, because comorbidity is high, it is desirable to understand the extent to which PTSD symptoms are a unique and specific response to criterion A traumas as opposed to one of a number of potential psychiatric responses.
