Sentence examples for ought to intend from inspiring English sources

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then we get the result that you ought to intend to kill your rival.

It does not follow that one ought to intend to kill one's rival.

Suppose that one ought to intend to M, but does not.

For example, it seems incoherent to refuse to intend what one believes one ought to intend.

According to the Subjective Desire-Based Theory, it is not the case that he ought to intend to light up.

For example, it might be the case that one ought (to intend to M and to intend to E).

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And according to the Desire-Based Theories, the madman ought so to intend.

According to a Value-Based Theory, however, it presumably is not the case that he ought so to intend.

This does not mean that one ought (not to intend to M and not to intend to E) all things considered.

There is no authority that suggests that "intend" or "recklessly" ought to mean something from their normal meanings.

But it is primarily on acts qua intended, or on the acts (e.g. of taking care) that one ought to have intended, that ethical standards (moral principles and precepts) bear.

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