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Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement, 2004
Moral philosophy characteristically sees moral standards as reasons. That an action would be kind or just or in some way morally admirable is supposed to give us a reason for performing it. And surely there is something right about the thought that moral standards imply reasons for conforming to them.
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Moral philosophy characteristically sees moral standards as reasons. That an action would be kind or just or in some way morally admirable is supposed to give us a reason for performing it. And surely there is something right about the thought that moral standards imply reasons for conforming to them.
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Rationality and moral obligation
Synthese, 1987Rationality is (“by definition,” as it were) a matter of seeking optimal (best available) resolutions to the problems we face in life. It consists in the intelligent pursuit of appropriate objectives. It impels us to act for the best. Does this mean that rationality requires people to be good?
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Moral Obligation and Moral Motivation
Canadian Journal of Philosophy Supplementary Volume, 1995'Internalism’ in ethics is a cluster of views according to which there is an ‘internal’ connection between moral obligations and either motivations or reasons to act morally; ‘externalism’ says that such connections are contingent. So described, the dispute between internalism and externalism may seem a technical debate of minor interest.
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2002
Abstract Examines four principle questions about moral obligation raised by key philosophers: (1) Plato asks in The Republic ‘Will a man be better off for doing his duty?’; (2) Plato then asks ‘Ought man to do his duty?’; (3) we may also ask ‘What is the criterion of a duty?’; and (4) we may ask ‘What is moral obligation?’ Rejecting the ...
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Abstract Examines four principle questions about moral obligation raised by key philosophers: (1) Plato asks in The Republic ‘Will a man be better off for doing his duty?’; (2) Plato then asks ‘Ought man to do his duty?’; (3) we may also ask ‘What is the criterion of a duty?’; and (4) we may ask ‘What is moral obligation?’ Rejecting the ...
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Moral Theories and Moral Obligations
2020A moral theory is a set of concepts, rules and principles that serve as guides to the resolution of ethical dilemmas; they also purport to tell us how we ought to behave. Various objectives have been ascribed to the purpose of morality. These include the minimization of evil, the maximization of the good, fidelity to moral principles, and the ...
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2013
Is there a connection between religion and morality? Ivan Karamazov, in Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov, famously declares that if God does not exist, then “everything is permitted.” Most philosophers reject such a view and hold that moral truths do not depend on God.
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Is there a connection between religion and morality? Ivan Karamazov, in Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov, famously declares that if God does not exist, then “everything is permitted.” Most philosophers reject such a view and hold that moral truths do not depend on God.
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Moral Obligation and Moral Objectivity
2022“Why should I be moral?" is the most basic question that determines our value judgments and motivations regarding morality. Why being moral is necessary and what can be the source of moral responsibilities is an important problem. Moral truths are some laws that people feel obliged to behave in accordance with these truths and therefore try to ...
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The moral psychology of obligation
Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2019Abstract Although psychologists have paid scant attention to the sense of obligation as a distinctly human motivation, moral philosophers have identified two of its key features: First, it has a peremptory, demanding force, with a kind of coercive quality, and second, it is often tied to agreement-like social interactions (e.g., promises) in which ...
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