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Discover LudwigThe phrase "fair motive" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the justification or reasoning behind an action that is considered reasonable or just.
Example: "In the court's view, the defendant acted with a fair motive, believing they were protecting their property."
Alternatives: "just cause" or "reasonable justification".
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► Fairness motives tend to matter when few fair-minded voters suffice to tip the balance.
Because the marginal annuity obtained through delay is better than actuarially fair, standard bequest motives cannot explain the puzzle.
For, however ingenious he is in supplying unjust acts and wicked conduct with fair and worthy motives, and in selecting decorous and honourable terms, yet when he does his best, he does not himself stand clear of the charge of being the greatest lover of tyrants, and the fondest admirer of luxury and power and rich estates and alliances of marriage with absolute princes.
Equally important is recognizing when hatred, and not fair play, is the motive force in your opponent.
Shakespeare counsels the importance of dealing with what is -- to be able to "tell a hawk from a handsaw". Equally important is recognizing when hatred, and not fair play, is the motive force in your opponent.
"It's fair to question their motives," he said.
I hope we are as fair in analyzing students' motives as we are in studying their scores.
Our behavioural and imaging findings favoured the hypothesis of strategic motives for fair UG offers, which assumes that a fair offer is made to avoid rejection and receive reward.
It flies along, with Blum's fair-minded analysis of motive and a wide variety of memorable character snapshots.
Profit is certainly the motive, just as it was when the same thing happened at the Knoxville World's Fair in 1982.
When the writers in question are former Combat 18 members or animal rights obsessives, perhaps the mass media feels they are fair game; that their perceived motive outweighs their rights.
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