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The moral obligations of trust [PDF]
Philosophical Explorations, 2014 Moral obligation, Darwall argues, is irreducibly second personal. So too, McMyler argues, is the reason for belief supplied by testimony and which supports trust.
Anscombe G. E. M. +6 more
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An Exploration of Metaphysical Grounding and Divine Command Theory
Perichoresis: The Theological Journal of Emanuel University, 2023 The concept of metaphysical grounding refers to a dependence relation—a relation between facts that is asymmetrical and non-causal. I aim to apply this concept to a Divine Command Theory (DCT) of moral obligations. Divine command theorists say that moral
Mileo Jesse
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Religions, 2021 Stephen Darwall has developed an account of moral obligations as grounded in “second-personal reasons,” which was developed in conversation with early modern “theological voluntarists” who were divine command theorists.
C. Stephen Evans
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Promise, Agreement, Contract [PDF]
, 2020 It is natural to wonder about contract law’s relationship to the morality of promises and agreements. This Chapter distinguishes two ways to conceive of that relationship.
Klass, Gregory
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Journal of Moral and Civic Education, 2023 When the lines between moral indifference and indifference blur, it is easy to fall into one of two misunderstandings. it is easy to fall into one of two misunderstandings: moral nihilism or moral disenchantment.
Wenyu Lv
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Aid, Famine, and Obligations to Others
South African Family Practice, 2003 Do rich nations have any moral obligations to poor ones in the presence of hunger or famine? Some ethicists argue that rich nations have no obligation to aid poor nations.
D. Knapp van Bogaert, G.A. Ogunbanjo
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How to be an Actualist and Blame People [PDF]
, 2019 The actualism/possibilism debate in ethics concerns the relationship between an agent’s free actions and her moral obligations. The actualist affirms, while the possibilist denies, that facts about what agents would freely do in certain circumstances ...
Swenson, Philip, Timmerman, Travis
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Rational altruism vs. moral foundations: What drives Polish youth to help Ukrainian refugees?
Ekonomista, 2023 This paper examines the moral factors that motivate altruistic behavior on the part of Polish students toward Ukrainian war refugees within the context of economic theories on altruism.
Tomasz Kwarciński +2 more
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Etikk i Praksis: Nordic Journal of Applied Ethics, 2019 The paper argues that, counter to Walter Sinnott-Armostrong and Ewen Kingston’s view, we are morally required to refrain from joyguzzling, i.e., driving a fuel-inefficient car for no other purpose than having a good time.
Kjetil Mangset Skjerve, Trygve Lavik
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Sweatshops and Free Action: The Stakes of the Actualism/Possibilism Debate for Business Ethics [PDF]
, 2021 Whether an action is morally right depends upon the alternative acts available to the agent. Actualists hold that what an agent would actually do determines her moral obligations.
Timmerman, Travis, Zakhem, Abe
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