oughtness English

Meaning oughtness meaning

What does oughtness mean?

oughtness noun

— (chiefly, philosophy) In ethics, the quality which makes an action dutiful or morally obligatory.

— (rare) The state or characteristic of something's being as it ought to be; rightness.

— (rare) The obligatoriness of future actions or future states of affairs which are morally worthy of being produced through human effort.