The phrase "legitimately justified" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is often used to describe something that is reasonable or acceptable according to established laws, principles, or standards. The phrase implies that there is a valid and justifiable reason for the action or decision. Example: The government's decision to increase taxes was legitimately justified in order to fund important social programs.
Overwhelmed by trend lines, confused and dispirited, we fall victim to a kind of moral paralysis in which we do not act to protect what we value most because we think we cannot legitimately justify why we care in the first place.
Those who would cast doubt on climate science can be divided into two groups, Muller replied: those who are legitimately skeptical of the science and seek more evidence, and those who start with the conclusion that climate change is a hoax and seek out any data that seems to justify the notion.
As government assumes the responsibility of paying the costs associated with irresponsible behavior, the more legitimately government can justify its involvement in dictating the behavior". Millions of Americans take dietary supplements every day, and the numbers are growing as the Baby Boom generation ages.
Had the Supreme Court in the Pentagon Papers case looked to Britain's Official Secrets Act, it would have justified prior restraint, and The Times would have legitimately criticized using foreign law to overturn this hallowed First Amendment principle.
He argued that no more than the minimal state could be justified, asserting that no one who has legitimately acquired what he termed "holdings" can be under any enforced obligation to give them away.
In parallel fashion, if there really were some evidence, however slight, that there is an evil genius making it merely appear that there are hands, then, and only then, would the Academic Skeptic legitimately require that S eliminate that possibility prior to being justified in believing that she has hands.
In addition, the Epistemist could concede that in Dretske's zebra-in-the zoo case, if there really were some evidence, however slight, for the claim that the animals are painted mules, then the Academic Skeptic can legitimately require that S rule out that possibility prior to being justified in believing that the animals are zebras.
Davis conceded that, in a "rare or isolated case," force might legitimately be used in "obtaining the unwilling service" of a guide, if justified as a "measure of emergency".
The theory is to hold of minds in general, to be inclusive of other hunan beings in particular, so it cannot legitimately be used to justify the claim that those other minds do, in fact, exist.
If all justification were inferential then for someone S to be justified in believing some proposition P, S must be in a position to legitimately infer it from some other proposition E1.
