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(chiefly philosophy) In ethics, the quality which makes an action dutiful or morally obligatory..
Every attempt to derive oughtness from rightness must, as we have shown, either end in an illogical system or destroy the possibility of a separate science of Ethics at all.
Oughtness, may I suggest, consists in the power which a greater good has over a lesser good in compelling our choices.
Combining the reality of politics with a sense of "oughtness" creates a sense of duty to the collective.
I refuse to accept the idea that the "isness" of man's present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the eternal "oughtness" that forever confronts him.
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Oughtness means (chiefly philosophy) In ethics, the quality which makes an action dutiful or morally obligatory..
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Every attempt to derive oughtness from rightness must, as we have shown, either end in an illogical system or destroy the possibility of a separate science of Ethics at all.
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