necessitation
Making something mandatory
Necessitation is the act of making something necessary or unavoidable.
The word appears mainly in philosophical and theological contexts, where it describes the process by which one thing compels another: The necessitation of effect by cause is central to determinism.
In everyday usage, the simpler forms necessitate and necessity are preferred.
Production of effects
- entailmentLogical necessity from premises
- logical consequenceWhat validly follows
- sufficient conditionWhat ensures a conclusion
- implicationIndirect suggestion or consequence
determination · causal chain · antecedent · consequent · conditional · inference
Required moral task
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- requirementMandatory condition to fulfill
- imperativeUnavoidably necessary
commitment · charge · burden · liability · stipulation · dictate · commandment · precept
Pressured compliance through threats
- forceStrength or compulsion
- pressureForce upon contact
- duressCoercion through threats
- constraintLimiting condition or rule
enforcement · imposition · compulsoriness · irresistibility · overpowering · involuntariness · compelling · forcing
Predetermined course of events
- destinyPredetermined course of events
- certaintyTotal absence of doubt
- unavoidabilityState of being certain
- predeterminationDecision made in advance
predestination · inescapability · determinism · foreordination · immutability · irrevocability · kismet · providence
causation
Production of effects
- entailmentLogical necessity from premises
- logical consequenceWhat validly follows
- sufficient conditionWhat ensures a conclusion
implication · determination · causal chain · antecedent · consequent · conditional · inference
duty
Required moral task
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- requirementMandatory condition to fulfill
imperative · commitment · charge · burden · liability · stipulation · dictate · commandment · precept · covenant
coercion
Pressured compliance through threats
constraint · enforcement · imposition · compulsoriness · irresistibility · overpowering · involuntariness · compelling · forcing · pressing
fate
Predetermined course of events
- destinyPredetermined course of events
- certaintyTotal absence of doubt
- unavoidabilityState of being certain
predetermination · predestination · inescapability · determinism · foreordination · immutability · irrevocability · kismet · providence · doom
necessitationpermission
Granted right to act
allowance · optionality · volition · free will · liberty
necessitationcontingency
Uncertain possible event
possibility · indeterminacy · chance · randomness · accident