Word: oughtness
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...first thing you ought to do when faced with a person suffering cardiac arrest is to call 911, if possible, and that recommendation remains unchanged. You then immediately begin administering CPR, which, according to the old rules, consists of 15 chest compressions, followed by two mouth-to-mouth breaths, then another 15 compressions, another two breaths and so on. The new guidelines call for raising the compressions from 15 to 30, while keeping the two breaths the same...
That there is a possibility that these publishers could succeed in putting the brakes on what ought to be considered a thoroughly useful venture is extremely regrettable, but the fault is not theirs to bear. Rather, it’s Google that needs to change its policy on copyright from an opt-out system, in which publishers are assumed to have given permission for their books to be copied unless they specifically state otherwise, to an opt-in process, which puts control over copyrighted works safely in the hands of copyright holders. While the current system may be convenient...
...snippets and purchase options are concerned, these ought to be considered necessary in any case, if the project is to avoid slipping completely into the realm of the positively piratical. They fail to account, however, for a truly fundamental precondition for Google’s distributing printed material in this way—that, in the default situation, control remains firmly in the hands of the authors and publishers who own the copyrights of the books in question. Google’s opt-out proposition takes that basic control away from those to whom it rightfully belongs, compromising...
...There are not many others who are terribly vocal,” said Macdonald. “That’s something that ought to change...
...students, which some claim obliges Harvard to prohibit visiting students from staying in Cambridge next term. Fortunately, there was no such public announcement, and Harvard has no normative obligation to satisfy the interests of Tulane or Loyola. On the contrary, out of a sense of compassion and sympathy, Harvard ought to give visiting students an opportunity to transfer mid-year, even though visiting Harvard students are ordinarily barred from transferring...