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oughtness

(ˈɔːtnəs)

the state of being right

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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....

Social Justice: Intersecting Catholicism, Citizenship, and Capitalism

The Origin of Oughtness: A Case for Metaethical Conativism

This "oughtness" manifests normativity--as both a norm-setting and a norm-applying attribute of research.

Identifying Normativity in Communication Research: A Typology and a Framework for Assessing Scientific and Extrascientific Norms

"So somehow the 'isness' of our present nature is out of harmony with the eternal 'oughtness' that forever confronts us.

King Preached Forgiveness, Addressed Broad Issues That Still Permeate

"oughtness" that aims at both modifying state interests and

The Promotion of LGBT Rights as International Human Rights Norms: Explaining Brazil's Diplomatic Leadership

To that extent, the oughtness in that type of relationship is that of cooperation.

Logical and theoretical foundations of African environmental ethics

I refuse to accept the idea that the "isness" of man's present condition makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the eternal "oughtness" that forever confronts him.

An imperfect understanding: the Air Force's transition to diversity and inclusion

(6.) Although not elaborated in this brief paper, it has to be noted that ethics as theory of conduct (or, more generally, axiology as theory of value) in relation to something presupposes knowing what that thing is, hence questions of "oughtness" assume answers to much more fundamental questions of "whatness": what is human nature and what is the nature of the world in which humans live and pursue their livelihoods.

The Meaning of 'Economy': Qasd, Iqtisad, Tadbir al-Manzil

Further, injunctive social norms have a moral dimension--an "oughtness"--about them, an internal dimension that is much discussed in jurisprudence.

Community versus market values of life

One such reason might be this: In the same way that assertion conversationally commits the speaker to the truth of what is asserted, issuing an imperative conversationally commits the speaker to the requisiteness (or oughtness) of the action the imperative instructs.

The abductive case for humeanism over quasi-perceptual theories of desire

This identification is based on recognizing that a norm is "a standard of appropriate behavior for actors with a given identity" and thus has qualities both intersubjective (meaning shared understandings) and evaluative (meaning sense of "oughtness").

Promising privateers? Understanding the constraints of contemporary private security at sea

There is a sense of divine oughtness from which there is no escape.

Sifted but saved: W. W. Melton--cowboy, pastor, denominational servant, and the significance of liberal arts education