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ought to

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The goal of Goodness as an absolute value is the realisation of the ought-to-be in victorious moral effort.

But what is this "ought-to-be," which has such potency in it that all things confronted with it lose their worth?

Unfortunate boy—madman I ought-to say—what devil tempted him to come here?

The discussion of the what-ought-to-be must wait on the investigation of the what-is.

If political power could really be turned to economic account, France ought to-day to be rich beyond any nation in history.

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On this page you'll find 12 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to ought to, such as: behooves, have to, is becoming, is fitting, is logical, and is natural.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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