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OP In thinking about "supererogatory" it occurred to me that there ought to be a word "erogatory" meaning called for, obligatory. No can find.
Did find "suberogatory" defined by user as "blameworthy but not obligatory". I have trouble thinking what conduct would be both blameworth and obligatory. (The Devil made me do it)?
The same site had word new to me: "deontic logic". Couln[t find "deontic" but did find dandy word "deontology":
deontology
n.
5< Gr deon (gen. deontos), that which is binding, necessity < dein, to bind (see DIADEM) + 3LOGY6 the ethical doctrine which holds that the worth of an action is determined as by its conformity to some binding rule rather than by its consequences
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adj.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted erogatory? wwh 07/07/03 06:18 PM Re: erogatory? Buffalo Shrdlu 07/07/03 07:00 PM Re: erogatory? tsuwm 07/07/03 07:46 PM Re: erogatory? maahey 07/13/03 05:46 PM
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