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Definition of Oughtness
1. n. The state of being as a thing ought to be; rightness.
Definition of Oughtness
1. Noun. (chiefly philosophy) In ethics, the quality which makes an action dutiful or morally obligatory.''Oxford English Dictionary'', 3rd ed. (2004) ¹
2. Noun. (rare) The state or characteristic of something's being as it ought to be; rightness.(R:Webster 1913) ¹
3. Noun. (rare) The obligatoriness of future actions or future states of affairs which are morally worthy of being produced through human effort. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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