justifiability
Can be defended
Justifiability is the quality of being able to be defended or explained with good reasons.
Something has justifiability when a rational case can be made for it: The committee questioned the justifiability of the expense.
The term appears most often in discussions of ethics, policy, or contested decisions where grounds for action must be articulated.
Stated basis for action
- logicScience of valid reasoning
- argumentationSystematic reasoning process
- defensibilityCapacity to withstand attack
- soundnessReliability of structure
coherence · validity · inference · deduction · analysis · premise · conclusion · syllogism
Power to enforce obedience
- legalityConformance with law
- validityQuality of being sound
- sanctionApproval or punitive measure
- authorizationFormal permission granted
permissibility · lawfulness · compliance · accreditation · entitlement · licensing · warrant · charter
Quality of seeming true
- persuasivenessQuality of swaying minds
- credibilityQuality inspiring trust
- plausibilitySeeming likely true
- reasonablenessQuality of being fair-minded
acceptability · believability · cogency · force · strength · solidity · robustness · weight
Right and wrong principles
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
- fairnessJust and equal treatment
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- conscienceInternal moral sense
duty · responsibility · accountability · rectitude · probity · uprightness · principles · virtue
Demonstration of truth
- substantiationProof of truth
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- verificationProving something accurate
- corroborationEvidence confirming another account
testimony · support · grounds · basis · demonstration · confirmation · authentication · credibility
rationale
Stated basis for action
- logicScience of valid reasoning
- argumentationSystematic reasoning process
- defensibilityCapacity to withstand attack
soundness · coherence · validity · inference · deduction · analysis · premise · conclusion · syllogism · induction
authority
Power to enforce obedience
authorization · permissibility · lawfulness · compliance · accreditation · entitlement · licensing · warrant · charter · legalization
convincingness
Quality of seeming true
- persuasivenessQuality of swaying minds
- credibilityQuality inspiring trust
- plausibilitySeeming likely true
reasonableness · acceptability · believability · cogency · force · strength · solidity · robustness · weight · merit
morality
Right and wrong principles
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
- fairnessJust and equal treatment
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
conscience · duty · responsibility · accountability · rectitude · probity · uprightness · principles · virtue · decency
proof
Demonstration of truth
- substantiationProof of truth
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- verificationProving something accurate
corroboration · testimony · support · grounds · basis · demonstration · confirmation · authentication · credibility · reliability
justifiabilityarbitrariness
Baseless decision-making quality
unjustifiability · groundlessness · baselessness · indefensibility · unreasonableness
justifiabilityinexcusability
Being beyond justification
indefensibility · impermissibility · unconscionability · wrongfulness · unacceptability
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