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Praiseworthiness   Listen
noun
Praiseworthiness  n.  The quality or state of being praiseworthy.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Praiseworthiness" Quotes from Famous Books



... passion consequent to the judgment of reason increases merit; but if it precede, so that a man is moved to do well, rather by his passion than by the judgment of his reason, such a passion diminishes the goodness and praiseworthiness of his action. ...
— Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) - From the Complete American Edition • Saint Thomas Aquinas

... workings of Sympathy. Mutual sympathy. The Amiable and the Respectable Virtues. How far the several passions are consistent with Propriety. Influences of prosperity and adversity on moral judgments. The Sense of Merit and Demerit. Self-approbation. Love of Praise and of Praiseworthiness. Influence and authority of Conscience. Self-partiality; corrected by the use of General Rules. Connexion of Utility with Moral Approbation. Influence of Custom on the Moral Sentiments. Character of Virtue. Self-command. Opinion regarding the theory ...
— Moral Science; A Compendium of Ethics • Alexander Bain



Words linked to "Praiseworthiness" :   laudableness, laudability, worthiness, praiseworthy



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