conduciveness
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a word derived from
conducive.
conduciveadjectivetending to produce; contributive; helpful; favorable (usually followed by to ).
Example Sentences
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Whence, if so much be admitted, it necessarily follows that the test of the morality of actions is their conduciveness to enjoyment.
From Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics With Some of Their Applications by William Thomas Thornton
The moral value of your action lies wholly in its conduciveness to this interest, because it is controlled wholly by it.
From The Moral Economy by Ralph Barton Perry
The excellence of all rules of life must, therefore, depend on their conduciveness to the sole object which life has in view, viz., enjoyment.
From Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics With Some of Their Applications by William Thomas Thornton
The standard for determining whether a law is right or wrong, is its conduciveness to the maximum of the aggregate of happiness, by conducing to the maximum of individual happiness.
From Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland by Henry B. Stanton
There was no original desire of it, or motive to it, save its conduciveness to pleasure, and especially to protection from pain.
From Utilitarianism by John Stuart Mill