Adjective : an arbitrary decision. ,an arbitrary government. ,an arbitrary demand for payment. ,an arbitrary constant.    From Dictionary.com. 

That their definition of personhood is non-arbitrary 2.    From Wordnik.com.  [Voting for pro-life politicians increases abortion] Reference

To me the most non-arbitrary point is birth or delivery.    From Wordnik.com.  [That Kind of News Day « Whatever] Reference

“To me the most non-arbitrary point is birth or delivery.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [That Kind of News Day « Whatever] Reference

There is no non-arbitrary objective way of assessing the evidence.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Legal Ambiguity, Empathy, and the Role of Judicial Power:] Reference

What about "non-arbitrary settlements" o mouthpiece of the Hariri family?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Thursday, January 31, 2008] Reference

Any restrictions must be reasonable, non-discriminatory and non-arbitrary.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Some Strange Consequences of Public Accommodations Laws] Reference

This makes my decision to buy anchovies rather than broccoli non-arbitrary.    From Wordnik.com.  [Egoism] Reference

The allele related to white fur exists within a system that is non-arbitrary.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chunkdz Comes Out Smokin] Reference

First, we do not always take preferences to establish non-arbitrary distinctions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Egoism] Reference

One reply is to argue that non-arbitrary distinctions can be made by one's preferences.    From Wordnik.com.  [Egoism] Reference

There seems to be no non-arbitrary way to answer these questions within Lewis's theory.    From Wordnik.com.  [Possible Objects] Reference

Similarly, my preference for my own welfare makes my concentration on my own welfare non-arbitrary.    From Wordnik.com.  [Egoism] Reference

Another reply to the arbitrariness worry is to claim that certain distinctions just are non-arbitrary.    From Wordnik.com.  [Egoism] Reference

The hierachical proposal thus seems to characterise a non-arbitrary and useful notion of the aesthetic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aesthetic Judgment] Reference

Seems Lochner-esque, without going the full monty, i.e., you try to draw that “non-arbitrary line.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » IJ’s Bone Marrow Case: An Intro] Reference

Second, there is no non-arbitrary way to determine whether a government program makes a profit or a loss.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » ThinkFast: February 1, 2010] Reference

But there is and can never be a non-arbitrary means of giving weight to and aggregating these attributes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Baffled by "Analytical Egalitarianism", Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

But the problem is that it is not really possible to assign a non-arbitrary number on this sort of “cost.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Immigration: Costs and Benefits, in Liberty and Otherwise] Reference

If it has a non-arbitrary reason for an action, then that action by definition is not violative of the treaty.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Question on family rights and international law:] Reference

If they did, conversational implicature conventions would not exist because the regularities would be non-arbitrary.    From Wordnik.com.  [Implicature] Reference

The non-arbitrary rules of mutation and selection are sufficient to transfer environmental information to gene pools.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chunkdz Comes Out Smokin] Reference

Sofie nails it, and moonglum mentions the central point explicitly: good stories have a non-arbitrary magic/tech system.    From Wordnik.com.  [SF Fanatic: I Am Not A Fan Of Fantasy, Here's Why] Reference

Ummm, on the other thread Nomen has repeatedly given you a non-arbitrary that is logically supported definition of a person.    From Wordnik.com.  [Voting for pro-life politicians increases abortion] Reference

And many educated people clearly treat their advice as inherently good and non-arbitrary, regardless of how they intended it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Guest Post: What’s the Logic of Language? « Motivated Grammar] Reference

The proposal that preferences establish non-arbitrary distinctions supports the instrumental theory better than rational egoism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Egoism] Reference

But there is no non-arbitrary manner to quantify our sense that some evidence is more reliable and persuasive than other evidence.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Legal Ambiguity, Empathy, and the Role of Judicial Power:] Reference

The Pikoli commission had been appointed to ensure the continuation of the transformation process in an orderly and non-arbitrary way.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

The problem is that non-arbitrary rules are hard to come by.    From Wordnik.com.  [Technology Review RSS Feeds] Reference

We might add weekends off, overtime pay, and non-arbitrary firings.    From Wordnik.com.  [Propeller Most Popular Stories] Reference

There is no non-arbitrary way to measure "Gross Private Domestic Investment.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Libertarian Blog Place] Reference

If you can't draw a non-arbitrary distinction, don't make self-congratulatory comparisons.    From Wordnik.com.  [Planet Atheism] Reference

By non-arbitrary is meant that the definition is not viciously circular or question begging.    From Wordnik.com.  [Planet Atheism] Reference

It's always worth quoting the Man when it comes to the non-arbitrary universe: ... imagine a.    From Wordnik.com.  [Futurismic] Reference

We argue that the precautionary principle does not help individuals or nations make difficult choices in a non-arbitrary way.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shopfloor] Reference

Furthermore, Olson doesn't look at the arguments of "confessionalists" who argue for a non-arbitrary definition of 'Reformed.'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Triablogue] Reference

There is no non-arbitrary ... bob: matth, no. adjusting for inflation would make it look even worse - REALLY bad in 2-4 years.    From Wordnik.com.  [Libertarian Blog Place] Reference