It might be morally better to give the money to charity, but such contributions seem supererogatory, that is, above and beyond the call of duty. From Wordnik.com. [Consequentialism] Reference
They are not supererogatory, that is beyond duty. From Wordnik.com. [Children's Rights] Reference
They are the ones putting in supererogatory efforts. From Wordnik.com. [John Seery: Male Laggards?] Reference
Sunnat and the Nafilah, or supererogatory devotions. 10. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah] Reference
In other words, supererogatory behavior is fully optional. From Wordnik.com. [How to Kill a Missionary] Reference
Forgiveness is a prime example of supererogatory forbearance. From Wordnik.com. [How to Kill a Missionary] Reference
Thomas mentions two distinct sources of merit of supererogatory behavior. From Wordnik.com. [How to Kill a Missionary] Reference
What supererogatory marks of special hospitality did the host show his guest?. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
Thus, an analysis of toleration as supererogatory is a possible solution of the. From Wordnik.com. [How to Kill a Missionary] Reference
Those who believe in the intrinsic value of supererogatory conduct would disagree. From Wordnik.com. [How to Kill a Missionary] Reference
Not all supererogatory acts of beneficence are exceptionally arduous, costly, or risky. From Wordnik.com. [The Principle of Beneficence in Applied Ethics] Reference
Roughly speaking, supererogatory acts are morally good although not (strictly) required. From Wordnik.com. [How to Kill a Missionary] Reference
Nor is the role of virtue in demarcating the supererogatory from the obligatory explained. From Wordnik.com. [How to Kill a Missionary] Reference
One ought to fulfill one's promises, but making them in the first place is supererogatory. From Wordnik.com. [How to Kill a Missionary] Reference
No, no! — that is not necessary to the project — I hate to do mischiefs supererogatory. From Wordnik.com. [Clarissa Harlowe] Reference
"I lack no light to form a judgment," said Endicott, "and a further inquiry is supererogatory.". From Wordnik.com. [The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance] Reference
Repetitions become mere Sunnats, or practices of the Prophet, and are therefore supererogatory. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah] Reference
There are cases in which the supererogatory response is expressed in omission rather than in action. From Wordnik.com. [How to Kill a Missionary] Reference
It is, for example, not clear whether “love thy enemy” is a precept or a supererogatory counsel. From Wordnik.com. [How to Kill a Missionary] Reference
The moral non-enforcement of the supererogatory is analogous to the legal non-enforcement of the moral. From Wordnik.com. [How to Kill a Missionary] Reference
The views about the possibility and value of supererogatory acts can be grouped under three categories. From Wordnik.com. [How to Kill a Missionary] Reference
This merit of supererogatory action should be held distinct from the praise we often assign to the agent. From Wordnik.com. [How to Kill a Missionary] Reference
In other words, there are no general rules regarding either the agent or the recipient of supererogatory conduct. From Wordnik.com. [How to Kill a Missionary] Reference
"Nothing," said Shelley, "can be equally well expressed in prose that is not tedious and supererogatory in verse.". From Wordnik.com. [Personality in Literature] Reference
To speak panegyrically of his prowess, is supererogatory; as his bravery has been the theme of history and of song. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 384, August 8, 1829] Reference
That a wife take care how she ascribe supererogatory merit to herself; so as to take the faults of others upon her. From Wordnik.com. [Pamela] Reference
If patriotism is neither a moral duty nor a supererogatory virtue, then all its moral pretensions have been deflated. From Wordnik.com. [Patriotism] Reference
The optional nature of supererogatory behavior is one step beyond the Kantian-like freedom of acting from moral duty. From Wordnik.com. [How to Kill a Missionary] Reference
“Praiseworthy to do, but not blameworthy not to do” seems closer to what we wish to say about supererogatory acts. From Wordnik.com. [How to Kill a Missionary] Reference
The characterization of supererogatory acts is highly controversial and cannot be captured by a strict formal definition. From Wordnik.com. [How to Kill a Missionary] Reference
The optional nature of supererogatory behavior has recently been defended in terms of "position relative consequentialism". From Wordnik.com. [How to Kill a Missionary] Reference
Thus, it would be absurd to force a person to do a supererogatory act, even if that act had extremely beneficial consequences. From Wordnik.com. [How to Kill a Missionary] Reference
'What you mean,' said the Bibliotaph, 'is, that they would look upon it in the light of supererogatory supplementary evidence.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Bibliotaph and Other People] Reference
Didactic poetry is my abhorrence; nothing can be equally well expressed in prose that is not tedious and supererogatory in verse. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley] Reference
'I have decided upon further thought that it would be better to fill his ear up with water and mollify the supererogatory occlusion. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Corelli's Mandolin]
It seems not, since it cannot be both an obligatory act of promise keeping and a supererogatory act at the same time (Kawall, 2005). From Wordnik.com. [How to Kill a Missionary] Reference
The denial of the value of supererogatory action also appeals to its incompatibility with the fundamental requirement of impartiality. From Wordnik.com. [How to Kill a Missionary] Reference
These are uninteresting cases from a moral point of view as are their supererogatory counterparts of small favors or acts of politeness. From Wordnik.com. [How to Kill a Missionary] Reference
France in separately with her making war on Russia, upon the pretence of the protection of Turkey, was supererogatory as well as needless. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 1864] Reference
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