justifiability

It’s not too much to say that averting war regardless of its desirability or justifiability is near the top of every State Department functionary’s list of priorities.

Robert Conquest’s Three Laws of Politics « Isegoria 2008

The key assertion of this approach is that an intervener's effectiveness is a primary, and sometimes sufficient, determinant of its justifiability.

David Isenberg: PSC and R2P in Libya David Isenberg 2011

It is only in certain circumstances, however, that a PMSC's effectiveness can be sufficient for its justifiability.

David Isenberg: PSC and R2P in Libya David Isenberg 2011

First, I will stipulate that the issue I am considering is not an abstraction called torture, but instead the moral justifiability of known and documented Bush-Cheney interrogation practices that were called by that Administration "enhanced interrogation techniques" EIT.

Dr. David P. Gushee: Loyalty and Passion in the American Christian Torture Debate Dr. David P. Gushee 2010

First, I will stipulate that the issue I am considering is not an abstraction called torture, but instead the moral justifiability of known and documented Bush-Cheney interrogation practices that were called by that Administration "enhanced interrogation techniques" EIT.

Dr. David P. Gushee: Loyalty and Passion in the American Christian Torture Debate Dr. David P. Gushee 2010

First, I will stipulate that the issue I am considering is not an abstraction called torture, but instead the moral justifiability of known and documented Bush-Cheney interrogation practices that were called by that Administration "enhanced interrogation techniques" EIT.

Dr. David P. Gushee: Loyalty and Passion in the American Christian Torture Debate Dr. David P. Gushee 2010

First, I will stipulate that the issue I am considering is not an abstraction called torture, but instead the moral justifiability of known and documented Bush-Cheney interrogation practices that were called by that Administration "enhanced interrogation techniques" EIT.

Dr. David P. Gushee: Loyalty and Passion in the American Christian Torture Debate Dr. David P. Gushee 2010

First, I will stipulate that the issue I am considering is not an abstraction called torture, but instead the moral justifiability of known and documented Bush-Cheney interrogation practices that were called by that Administration "enhanced interrogation techniques" EIT.

Dr. David P. Gushee: Loyalty and Passion in the American Christian Torture Debate Dr. David P. Gushee 2010

So when people insist that I should put myself in the position of a resident in Sderot .... as though that will, by itself, prove the justifiability of the Israeli attack, the idea literally never occurs to them that they should imagine what it is like to live under foreign occupation for 40 years, and to see Israel continue to occupy and expand its settlements on Palestinian land. phil

On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

When the act of murder is carried out under a political aegis, it must be held to the most rigid standard of justifiability in order to prevent damage to the social fabric of the nation.

A National Insanity 2009