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
79. To have a right. To have reason or cause; hence, to come near,
have a narrow escape from (_sic!_); e. g., “I’d a good right to be
run over by the train this morning.” (Colloquial.)
80. “Divine right of kings.”
81. “Right way; the way of moral excellence or spiritual
salvation.” “But you are a presbyterian...?” “I am, sir; praised be
the light that shewed me the right way!”
82. Of persons and dispositions; disposed to do what is just.
83. Of belief; orthodox, true. That which ought to be accepted or
followed.
84. To do justice to; to relieve from distress; to vindicate; often
used reflexively.
“So just is God, to right the innocent.”
85. To do right; to act according to the “law or will of God.”
86. To feel right toward a person; to be either kind, or
sympathetic, or to cooperate with him.
[16] We cite here:
87. “The first place is yours, Timothy, in _right_ of your gray
hairs.”
88. “I have a perfect _right_ to grieve over him.”
89. “She has a _right_ to be admired, for she is beautiful.”
90. “Not only is she a peeress, but she has fourteen thousand a
year in her own _right_.”
91. “Put your bonnet to the _right_ use; ’tis for the head.”
92. “Why do you twist words out of their _right_ use?”
93. “Mr. _Right_” “Mrs. _Right_,” the destined husband or wife.
94. “That part of the quarry given to the hounds as their share or
due.”
95. “A stag’s full complement of antlers, consisting of the brow,
the bay, and the tray.”
96. “To do one _right_” to pledge one in a toast. (Compare: “_faire
raison à_.”)
97. “The _right_ word is always a power, and communicates its
definiteness to our actions.”
[17] For example:
98. “I should have been a woman by _right_.”
99. “The lady has been disappointed on the _right_ side.”
100. “If he should offer to choose, and choose the _right_ casket,
you should refuse to perform your father’s will....”
101. Idiomatic colloquial phrases expressing satisfaction or
approval: as “Your conduct and dress are all _right_.” “He has done
it all _right_.” “Are you ready? All _right_, go ahead.”
102. To set _right_; to adjust or correct something out of order.
“Your mother’s hand shall _right_ your mother’s wrong.”
103. In a satisfactory or proper state or order: “It’s a snug
little island, a _right_ little, tight little island.”
104. Skilfully performed, correctly done: “The sum is not _right_.”
“The drawing is not _right_.” “Nothing goes _right_.”
105. “To _rights_,” properly, fittingly, as, for example, “She put
the room to _rights_.”
106. “I put him _right_ on the matter,” that is, corrected or
directed him, or both.
107. The safe, advantageous, appropriate, or desirable side of
anything, as, “A widow on the _right_ side of thirty.”
108. Fitting, proper, appropriate, exactly according to what is
required or suitable, as, “Things of the _right_ size.”
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