circumspective

comparative more circumspective · superlative most circumspective

1. Looking around in all directions; cautious or watchful of danger.

   circumspective eyes

   1733, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Man. […], (please specify |epistle=I to IV), London: […] J[ohn] Wilford, […], →OCLC

2. human sciencesPertaining to situation or circumstances.

   circumspective concern

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   The existential meaning of circumspective deliberation, Heidegger argues in Being and Time is making-present (Gegenwärtigung).

   1999, William McNeill, The Glance of the Eye, page 78

   Rather it is the unity of the three ecstasies of the temporality that constitutes the circumspective concern in its temporality. In other words, Dasein makes the equipmental system present in his circumspective concern with reference to his future ends, i.e., awaiting future ends, on the basis of the retention from the past.

   2000, Vensus A. George, The Experience of Being as Goal of Human Existence, page 118

   In the main, this circumspective aspect of morality is a relational affair, principally between the agent and at least two persons or parties other than the agent.

   2014, John Laird, An Enquiry into Moral Notions, page 306