the end justifies the means

Morally wrong actions are sometimes necessary to achieve morally right outcomes.

torturing prisoners to save millions of citizen lives, so the end justifies the means

by Heffer101 May 9, 2007

justified true belief

A belief is the acceptance of a proposition. A true belief is one that has been examined by the believer and remains a belief. We often accept propositions, only to discover later that we were wrong. Being wrong can be the result of many things: lack of other knowledge that would have caused disbelief; a persuasive argument that you later reject; the proposition was rational-sounding but it was a fallacy.

A rational proposition that is not a fallacy has justification, that is, it is 'justified'. This means the logic is sound and it has a correspondence to facts of reality. (See 'correspondence truth').

Therefore, a 'justified true belief' is one that has been shown to be logically sound, or is accepted as logically sound.

It may or may not be 'defeasible', in other words, defeatable, by a better argument. The Copernican Revolution was the defeat of Catholic justified true belief, by the arguments of Galileo who used the mathematics of Copernicus. (See 'defeator arguments' or 'defeasors')

President Kennedy had a justified true belief that we could get to the moon, because he was shown the proof, without which his belief could not have been justified.

by ceclark February 9, 2012

Justifiable Blow Off

The act you perform when you blow off your homies for a hot ass chick when deep down your homies are being jealous of you cause you're kickin it with the girl they want which in conclusion. Its a justifiable blow off

Andy: so they are definitely mad I pulled a justifiable blow off, but I really don't give a fuck
Kevin: hey, its all good, gotta blow off the homies every now and then for a chick
Andy:oh, it was definitely worth it!!!

by Ya Boy Trax August 9, 2010

STOP JUSTIFYING YOUR PRESENCE

I (EYE) (AYE) Y(AI) HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE HERE and Y0U

UU YU YOO YOOOH!!!! have the LEFT to be HEAR.

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STOP JUSTIFYING YOUR PRESENCE I (EYE) (AYE)Y(AI) HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE HERE and you UU YU UOO YOOOH have the LEFT to be HEAR.

by ABROGATION SELF-CALUMNIATION December 19, 2021

Justifier

Justifier is a girl who doesn’t go along with bullshit. She can be violent real quick. She is caring but if mess her once the second she beat your ass and justify. Justifiers have nice asses and whine real good and justifiers are really dirty-minded. PERIODT! boys if you have a justifier take care of her or your mandem will get her.

Justifier can be nice and rude.

by B to the A to the N to the G September 18, 2019

justified bitchdom

Behavior typically considered bitchy but in a context where it is totally justified.

I realize I was super blunt but I was engaging in justified bitchdom.

by JLZ-WRD October 28, 2021

Justifiable Salt

A term used for when you are angry and upset about something, but it is for a good reason or something that seems, as in the term, justifiable.

Person 1: So of COURSE Lindsey decides, 'oh, I should totally go downstairs WITHOUT the group and wander around looking at the fucking whales, causing my group to be twenty minutes late back to the bus!'
Person 2: That's justifiable salt right there.
Person 1: I KNOW! SHE'S SO STUPID!

by MaggotHoles February 16, 2018