Increasingly, there seems to be a culture of over-justification around procreation and non-procreation, leading to the sort of polarised, high-emotion debates where all parties are as dogmatic, self-obsessed and unpleasant as each other.
Now, as the Russian airstrikes against hospitals in rebel-held areas of Syria reach a crescendo, there is a campaign of justification centred around the accusation that the Syrian White Helmets – a medical relief group funded by both the US and EU – is "not neutral".
Combination therapy was preferred over monotherapy (sometimes without clear justification), and around 70% of the centers reported using de-escalation strategies during the treatment phase.
And of course, there's no guarantee that once that magic number is reached, there isn't some justification for sticking around longer and setting the bar higher.
The economic justification was focused around something called "time shifting"–the ability to offer customers an unlimited supply of movies that could be downloaded at will.
There is no justification for flying around in helicopters.
The justification for a married couples allowance, saving around £150 a year, seems less clear, beyond reassuring traditional Tories that the Prime Minister really does care about marriage.
If it's out in public and the public has the right to move around, there would be no justification for stopping journalists".
The memorandum was headed: "National security justification for proposed operational actions around … David Miranda".
He said: "We are delighted that the information commissioner today performed a dramatic U-turn and has agreed with us that there is no justification for Tate's secrecy around the amount of sponsorship negotiated with BP".
