The ethics of Hercules : $b A study of man's body as the sole determinant of ethical valuesGivler, Robert Chenault
Philosophy
The ethics of Hercules : $b A study of man's body as the sole determinant of ethical values
Givler, Robert Chenault
Ethics; Psychophysiology
50. Idiomatic expressions: “To be in the _right_,” “To have the
_right_,” “With _right_,” “By _right_ or _rights_,” “Of _right_,”
“To have due _right_,” etc.
51. Joint _rights_; a title or claim to something properly
possessed by two or more persons.
52. A document substantiating a legally recognized claim or title.
53. Legally just or equitable treatment.
54. “_Right_ drawn sword,” drawn in a just cause.
55. The person, party, or cause which is sustained in a
controversy. (Compare Ex. 47, Class D.)
56. To do one _right_; to do one justice.
57. “_Right_ money”; money paid as the condition or consideration
of acquiring a “right” to the purchase of land.
58. The title or claim to the enjoyment of privileges or
indemnities. (A relatively unemphatic use of the term “legal
_right_.”)
[15] The significations included in this class are numerous and
various. As follows:
59. “In conformity with the moral law; permitted by the principle
which ought to regulate conduct; in accordance with truth, justice,
duty, or the will of God; ethically good, equitable, just.”
60. “A poor man has no [legal] right to relief, but it is [morally]
right that he should have it. A rich man has a [legal] right to
destroy the harvest of his fields, but to do so would not be
[morally] right.”
61. “Goodness in actions is like unto straightness; wherefore that
which is done well we term right.”
62. “Cousin of Hereford, as thy cause is right, So be thy fortune
in this royal fight.”
63. “He Who now is Sovran can dispose and bid What shall be right.”
64. “That which is consonant with equity, or the light of nature;
that which is morally just or due.”
65. “Right conduct; a just and good act, or course of action;
anything which justly may or should be done.”
66. “Wrest once the law to your authority; To do a great right, do
a little wrong.”
67. “Too fond of the right to do the expedient.”
68. “With firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right.”
69. _The_ right; the cause of truth and justice.
70. That which is proper for or incumbent on one to do: one’s duty.
(Obsolete.)
71. The standard of permitted and forbidden action within a certain
sphere. (Obsolete.)
72. “Obedience to or harmony with the rules of morality, justice,
truth, and propriety.”
73. “Acting in accordance with the highest moral standard; free
from guilt or blame.”
74. “A God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is his
name.”
75. “I have made him just and right, Sufficient to have stood,
though free to fall.”
76. “Right reason: that which recommends itself to enlightened
intelligence: some inward intimation for which great respect is
felt and which is supposed to be common to the mass of mankind.”
77. To be in the right; “to have justice, fact, or reason upon
one’s side.”
78. In prepositional phrases, with, by, of right; properly, with
reason, justice, etc.
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