oughtness.
In ethics, the quality which makes an action dutiful or morally obligatory.
Meaning & usage
In ethics, the quality which makes an action dutiful or morally obligatory.
The state or characteristic of something's being as it ought to be; rightness.
The obligatoriness of future actions or future states of affairs which are morally worthy of being produced through human effort.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English ought Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English oughtness From ought + -ness.
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