http://www.perfectyourenglish.com/grammar/should-ought-must.htm
The Romans use the same word for "must" and "should".
"Debeo" is the Latin word for "I should" and "I must".
http://www.classicsunveiled.com/romevd/html/vocabd.html
We should of course do the things we must.
We must then do the things we should.
"Should" could mean "likely to happen, all things being equal". It also means "the proposal being discussed *is* the correct moral action to take".
But only the wise know both whether something is going to happen and whether it is morally satisfactory.
THE VOICE OF REASON Solon, (born c. 630 BCE—died c. 560 BCE), Athenian statesman, known as one of the Seven Wise Men of Greece (the others were Chilon of Sparta, Thales of Miletus, Bias of Priene, Cleobulus of Lindos, Pittacus of Mytilene, and Periander of Corinth). Solon ended exclusive aristocratic control of the government, substituted a system of control by the wealthy, and introduced a new and more humane law code. He was also a noted poet.
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