favoring
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favoring
verb
- present participle and gerund of favor
noun favorings
- The act or state by which one favors something; preference. Unlike in Smith's case, however, here the relevant intuition does not concern a particular example, but moral favorings in general. Intuitively, it is said, what we morally ought to do simply does not depend on what we want to do.
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Closest in meaning: affirmative, pro, encouraging, facilitating, favouring, foster, fostering, promoting, subserving, supporting, endorsing, preferring, advocating, backing, approving, partial
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