Morally justified means something which has been done with a belief that it is the correct thing to do. This is true even if something may not be the best decision otherwise.
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Moral failing means doing something morally incorrect or a moral flaw.
It was not morally justified for Japan to attack Pearl Harbor. Elements of the Japanese Imperial High Command believed that conflict with the United States was inevitable and that a "first strike" would knock the Americans out of the war. The Japanese had hoped to catch the three American carriers at anchor in Pearl Harbor, but failed. While the Japanese seriously damaged the American fleet, it failed to land a lethal blow. The American carrier-fleet helped to stop the Japs at Coral Sea and then at Midway a few months later. The Battle of Midway began the reversal of Japan's fortune in the Pacific.
It means that - in their opinion - a certain war is justified. war can be justified according to agreed conditions, must be declared by a lawful authority fought to prevent worse catastrophe innocent protected
Everything can be justified in someone's mind, no matter how barbaric. Those guilty of murder often think that they were justified in what they did. So the question is not does any one person think that the Holocaust can be justified, it is does society think it can be justified... the mass of people thinking as a unit. And the answer to that is always a resounding No.