oughtness

== English == === Etymology === From ought +‎ -ness. === Noun === oughtness (countable and uncountable, plural oughtnesses) (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. === References === === Anagrams === toughness