supererogation
IPA: supɝˈɛrʌgˈeɪʃʌn
noun
- An act of doing more than is required.
- (philosophy) An action that is neither morally forbidden nor required, but has moral value.
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Examples of "supererogation" in Sentences
- It would, I suggest, be a work of supererogation to embark on such a task.
- Giving a gift to a powerful person can be seen as an act of supererogation.
- Others decry this piety as works righteousness and a form of supererogation.
- A gift is often an act of supererogation, something that is morally good to do, but not required.
- I am going to go out on a limb and say that that "supererogation" is yet another one of these instances. on 01 May 2009 at 11: 40 pm + Alan
- It would be "supererogation" to go into our early legislation, which is familiar to the colony in a hundred publications, besides the fact that
- Unlike the concepts of justice and duty, which have deep roots in both ordinary language and everyday moral judgment, the idea of supererogation is only tenuously anchored in common moral discourse and the concept itself is a theoretical construct.
- I mean a month at least, taking the bark even to supererogation, that is, some time longer than Dr. Middleton requires; for, I presume, you are got over your childishness about tastes, and are sensible that your health deserves more attention than your palate.
- Europe: I mean a month at least, taking the bark even to supererogation, that is, some time longer than Dr. Middleton requires; for, I presume, you are got over your childishness about tastes, and are sensible that your health deserves more attention than your palate.
- But this double role of normative discourse inevitably raises the idea of supererogation, the category of actions that are praiseworthy (either in creating good states of affairs or in reflecting a particularly virtuous trait of character) yet at the same time not obligatory.