Sentence examples for justifiable in terms from inspiring English sources

Some have tended to interpret Rawls' idea of public reason as implying that only democratic decisions that are justified or justifiable in terms of public reason can be legitimate.

"Trapping, neutering and releasing 20 million cats would not be justifiable in terms of cost," he said.

So White House officials remained confident that his absence from Washington was easily justifiable in terms most Americans could support — especially given the ever-present communications available to a traveling president.

The study also showed that the differences were justifiable in terms of structural response characteristics of the two structural forms.

"So some of those performances like Brett's fifth in the discus, were probably justifiable in terms of the investment that went into that programme.

All of these activities are or support exercises of political power, so all must be justifiable in terms that all citizens might reasonably endorse.

Victims will be fairly heard to complain of injustice with justifiable feelings in terms that may make calling the law 'a[n] ass' seem wholly charitable..."...

Mr. Bush has said the barrier, while perhaps justifiable in security terms, is creating problems for the Palestinians that Israel needs to address.

Assange's mission to publish everything from diplomatic gossip to unflattering verdicts on foreign governments is no more justifiable, in moral terms, than blanket tabloid intrusion into private life.

On the basis of this analysis, the CRRP appears to be marginally justifiable in economic terms.

At the same time, however, they insist that all such partiality is ultimately reducible — that is, justifiable in impartialist terms at some deeper level.