0 able to be protected from attack, or able to be supported by argument: --
1 able to be supported by argument, esp. when criticized: --
He’s presenting a plan that is morally defensible and politically realistic.
This does not mean that it is rationally defensible for any person to adopt any religion at whim.
If so, it is rationally defensible to fulfill condition 3a.
Moreover, there seems no normatively defensible basis for exempting positive duties from the jurisdiction of legitimate legislation.
Perhaps some minimal and incontestable conditions placed on equality prove that the only defensible principle of equality is equivalent to maximin.
It may be a step towards globalisation and cosmopolitanism, or an attempt to rebuild social and political boundaries along a more easily defensible line.
Before proceeding, my use of the term ' rationally defensible ' requires explanation.
First, the special duties are clearly defensible from a second-order impartialist stance.
Each budgetary approach offers a standard: the notion of a defensible standard of income adequacy for minimally acceptable living requirements for specified populations.
