"otherwise justified" is a correct phrase and usable in written English.
You can use it when an action (such as a choice or decision) is not usually permitted, but in this case is considered acceptable due to certain circumstances. For example: Taking a day off work wasn't usually allowed, but in this case it was otherwise justified.
For example, in the paediatric context, except for severe respiratory distress syndrome, an alarm on high and low values for SpO2 and on the transcutaneous partial pressure of O2 (PtcO2) is not justified, even if these alarm settings are otherwise justified for the preterm infant.
For the primary endpoints in the pharmacokinetic studies (i.e. the area under the curve and the maximum concentration), the goal is to show that the 90% confidence interval of the ratio test/reference is within the range 80 125%, the conventional acceptance range for bioequivalence, unless otherwise justified 19.
Yet I conclude that these serious concerns do not override the moral demand to be as discriminate as possible in carrying out an otherwise justified killing.
Moreover, it is clear that Mill thinks we need to depart from otherwise justified secondary principles in an important range of cases.
Greek tragic heroes and heroines are moved to act by the ethical (or otherwise justified) interest with which they identify, but they act freely in pursuit of that interest.
"More and more foreign companies, particularly from Asia, have realized how easy it is to call a watch Swiss-made and in effect mislead clients and sell at higher prices than what they could otherwise justify," said Jean-Daniel Pasche, president of the watch federation.
It shows a commitment to fielding the best 25-man team, regardless of financial or roster reasons, because it would be impossible to otherwise justify keeping Sosa over Smith, particularly based on what happened Monday night: Smith struck out the side in the eighth inning, Sosa gave up four runs.
Who needs the cast to get jobs or otherwise justify their time there when they have a really big swimming pool and a small outdoor gym?
In 2011, Department of Defense instructions were amended to read "for each succeeding act that would otherwise justify award of the Medal of Honor, the individual receiving the subsequent award is authorized to wear an additional Medal of Honor ribbon and/or a 'V' device on the Medal of Honor suspension ribbon".
She's otherwise 100 percent justified in assailing the culinary aristocracy, to which even a self-styled bad boy like Bourdain belongs, for an often selective, judgmental and unforgiving worldview.
If I can sign the writer for more than one book, this allows me to support the first book in a more aggressive way that I might otherwise be justified in doing.
