supererogation

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim An act of doing more than is required.

   “And, therefore, it was thought a matter of supererogation to withdraw the nails and open the windows.”

2. isim An action that is neither morally forbidden nor required, but has moral value.

   “According to standard definitions of supererogation, acts are supererogatory if and only if they are neither morally obligatory nor morally prohibited, but nevertheless have moral value (are morally good, etc.).”