worthiness, n.Definitions

Worthiness (n.) to ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠possess a thing or state means that one's possessing it harmonizes with the highest good — and so all worthiness hinges on moral conduct.

Worthiness (n.) to ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠receive the happy consequences of morality consists solely in faithfully observing duty, never in wishing for those consequences.