| 单词 | justification |
| 释义 | justification (dʒʌstɪfɪkeɪʃən ) Word forms: justifications variable noun A justification for something is an acceptable reason or explanation for it. To me the only justification for a zoo is educational. [+ for] I knew from the beginning that there was no justification for what I was doing. Synonyms: reason, grounds, defence, basis Collocations: ethical justification Yet they may still be greater than those of finding an ethical justification for this week's 'miracle birth'. Times, Sunday Times Even as scientists struggle to discover the genes connected with relatively simple traits, philosophers are already arguing about the ethical justification of a transhuman future. Times, Sunday Times The ethical justification for such technology seems highly dubious given that neither the embryo nor any subsequent generation could give informed consent. Times, Sunday Times Thus, according to general consensus, these experiments require ethical justification. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Another approach denies the meaningfulness of any ethical justification for existing copyright law, viewing it simply as a result (and perhaps an undesirable result) of political processes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This struck me as a wholly and self-evidently good thing, and in need of no further justification, even if that could be provided. Times, Sunday Times We are telling our people that their wants and felt needs need no further justification and need not be questioned. Christianity Today They say the grant provides further justification for the abolition of the quango. Times, Sunday Times The dictates of conscience are simply right and often resist further justification. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A further justification for the magnesium was that it was needed to replace calcium which had been bound by citrate in the plasma. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Recently we have been seeing some intellectual justification for the idea that we should know more about the secret lives of those who govern us. Times, Sunday Times They can find no intellectual justification for raising the inheritance tax threshold for property alone to 1m. Times, Sunday Times There must be an emotional underpinning as well as an intellectual justification for what they do. Times, Sunday Times These days, it provides legal justification for tearing the land apart with giant mechanical diggers. Times, Sunday Times The parties' intentions provided no legal justification for changing the effect of the only ceremony which in fact had taken place. Times,Sunday Times Its exercise, of course, also provides in advance, legal justification and reassurance for the necessary actions of council and care home staff. Times, Sunday Times There may be good legal justification for this but it appears callous. Times, Sunday Times We do not have the resources or legal justification to actively monitor those many thousands of individuals. Times, Sunday Times There was no statistical correlation between religious and non-religious respondents when it came to the moral justification for targeting civilians. Times, Sunday Times Your own moral sense may urge you to offer a moral justification. Times, Sunday Times Disregarding the means by which we continue this campaign, we are ultimately bound to retreat in ignominy simply because we no longer believe in its moral justification. Times, Sunday Times Some critics said that the violent behavior of the characters had no moral justification. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We may find reasons for doing away with a person, but we can never find a moral justification for bedding the person, except marriage. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But such a faith cannot be grounded in any prior philosophical justification. Christianity Today Decades on, the philosophical justification for the programme has receded into the background, to be replaced by the uniqueness of each individual and the immediacy of every snapshot in time. Times, Sunday Times Before then there were rituals of polite behaviour, especially in noble households, but nothing in the way of a comprehensive code of behaviour bolstered by philosophical justification. Times, Sunday Times There are also philosophical justifications: an ideology of overcoming obstacles, fostering selfbelief, defying fear and rejecting the imagination of failure. Times, Sunday Times They even begin to identify with his ecological and philosophical justifications for his cannibalistic lifestyle. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Can anyone provide a justification of what seems a regressive practice? The Times Literary Supplement One must therefore provide a justification for the justification. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The second was positive - to provide a justification of induction. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Nevertheless, it would sometimes provide a justification to convict when that was a common sense outcome and so could sensibly be retained. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Data satisfying any of these conditions as indicated by the control chart provide the justification for investigating the process to discover whether assignable causes are present and can be removed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was therefore 'unlawful because it had the effect of frustrating or preventing parliament from carrying out its constitutional functions without reasonable justification'. Times, Sunday Times It's hard to think of a reasonable justification for this. Times, Sunday Times The difficulty here lies in the court's reasoning that prorogation was unlawful because there must be a 'reasonable justification' for it. Times, Sunday Times It ruled that the government's motive was irrelevant if the suspension prevented parliament from doing its job 'without reasonable justification'. Times, Sunday Times Any difference in treatment on the grounds set out in that provision was discriminatory if it had no objective and reasonable justification. Times,Sunday Times None of these values needs a religious justification, of course. Times, Sunday Times Following this moment of religious justification, she now comes to represent 'the community of the redeemed'. The Times Literary Supplement It must be starved of all religious justification. The Sun Could there actually be a religious justification? Times, Sunday Times The government's change of tack redresses a blanket restriction for which there was little scientific justification. Times,Sunday Times Is there any scientific justification for the continued use of these antiquated categories? Times, Sunday Times I defy any medical expert to give me the scientific justification for dousing the whole body, every day, in hot water and detergent. Times, Sunday Times Some people considered the plan to be lacking in scientific justification, excessively expensive, and overly optimistic. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This comprises the central scientific justification for the use of models in wind tunnels to simulate real-life phenomena. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I invite you to consider the limits of simple moral impulse as a sufficient justification for making a choice. Times, Sunday Times At that time there was no sufficient justification for arresting either appellant on the basis that grievous bodily harm had been inflicted. Times, Sunday Times Is this not sufficient justification for broadcasting a programme? Times, Sunday Times Accordingly, the secretary of state had provided a sufficient justification, and it was independent of the nationality of the person concerned. Times, Sunday Times Truth alone, however, was not considered a sufficient justification, if published with bad motives. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 While that may have been a valid justification for keeping the film under lock and key at the time, it can hardly be now. Times, Sunday Times Traditional theories of justification (foundationalism and coherentism) and indeed many philosophers consider an infinite regress not to be a valid justification. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Given the logic of arguments concerning principles of uncertainty and randomness, skepticism towards knowledge merely becomes skepticism towards valid justification. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 正当的理由 Japanese: 弁明 |
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