oughtness

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. In ethics, the quality which makes an action dutiful or morally obligatory. countable,uncountable
    — 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.
  2. The state or characteristic of something's being as it ought to be; rightness. countable,rare,uncountable
  3. The obligatoriness of future actions or future states of affairs which are morally worthy of being produced through human effort. countable,rare,uncountable
    — 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.

词形变化

oughtnesses plural

词源

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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