Self-justification used in a sentence

Self-justification in a sentence as a noun

It's just that this sounds more like self-justification, presenting a skewed picture.

Isn't it possible that's just a handy self-justification, though?If healthcare wasn't an issue, would it be something else?

Any one else notice the self-justification of the comments?> Cherrypicking.

People indulge in all sorts of self-justification and moral balancing, particularly if they can convince themselves that it's a victimless crime.

The constant assurances that you had done the right thing in aborting your launch felt like self-justification rather than something that was added for the reader's benefit.

I don't want to say our company wouldn't be able to exist without that code, because my code wouldn't exist without the rest of the company, either, but the point remains:If your self-justification works for you -- great.

Yes, but the point is not to simply state 'this common citation in software engineering is ********, which indicates they're all idiots and full of ********', but to get the reader to actually think about and agree to the logical argument before revealing the specifics of it being software engineering - before readers can engage in self-justification and criticism and confirmation bias 'oh we're special it's not as simple as you think'.It's like if you took a speech by a politician, removed the obvious identifiers, and showed it to his enemies who agree with it, and then reveal who it was by - you've demonstrated something interesting about human biases.