Sentence examples for moral defensibility from inspiring English sources
In "Rendition" a high-ranking C.I.A. official played by Meryl Streep lectures a young Senate aide on the strategic necessity and moral defensibility of secret prisons and harsh interrogation methods.
"Powerful as the urge may be to grant retribution to those who have suffered irreparable loss, the state's primary interest must be in the evenhandedness and moral defensibility of justice," the Virginian-Pilot declared.Editorial-writers at the newspaper have wrestled with the issue for years, but a recent case seemed to tip the balance.
According to Simmons, the state's authority depends on its moral defensibility.
In the end, the force of the arguments depends on the defensibility of non-skeptical views in moral epistemology.
Pollepel Island proved ideal in its isolation and defensibility.
The site is located on high ground, probably chosen for its defensibility.
Even in the US, some controversy persists over the conceptual defensibility of brain death.
Around the world, the philosophical defensibility of brain death is even more debatable.
