non-arbitrary

And many educated people clearly treat their advice as inherently good and non-arbitrary, regardless of how they intended it.

Guest Post: What’s the Logic of Language? « Motivated Grammar 2010

Second, there is no non-arbitrary way to determine whether a government program makes a profit or a loss.

Think Progress » ThinkFast: February 1, 2010 2010

But there is and can never be a non-arbitrary means of giving weight to and aggregating these attributes.

Baffled by "Analytical Egalitarianism", Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Any restrictions must be reasonable, non-discriminatory and non-arbitrary.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Some Strange Consequences of Public Accommodations Laws 2010

Sofie nails it, and moonglum mentions the central point explicitly: good stories have a non-arbitrary magic/tech system.

SF Fanatic: I Am Not A Fan Of Fantasy, Here's Why 2010

If X is better in attributes A, D, and F by certain varying magnitudes and person Y is better and B, C, and E by certain varying magnitudes, we have no non-arbitrary means of giving weight to and aggregating these attributes.

Baffled by "Analytical Egalitarianism", Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Sixth, there is no set non-arbitrary formula for weighing environment variation versus genetic explanation with respect to a particular attribute.

Baffled by "Analytical Egalitarianism", Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

From a secular and neutral perspective, there is no non-arbitrary answer to the question of how much weight animal rights activists ought to give to the fact of birth and there is no non-arbitrary answer to whether or not religious people ought to belief all the religious doctrines that they are taught.

Election Prediction: Voting will be Irrational, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

But the problem is that it is not really possible to assign a non-arbitrary number on this sort of “cost.”

The Volokh Conspiracy » Immigration: Costs and Benefits, in Liberty and Otherwise 2010

And I suppose that the mythmaking we all agree took place was all non-arbitrary in the sense that the beliefs and motivations of the mythmakers in question are perfectly intelligible to modern sensibilities?

Is There Evidence For Mythicism? James F. McGrath 2010