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Supererogation

2017
Etymologically, the term “supererogation” refers to paying more than is due. Philosophically, it relates to the category of actions that lie beyond the call of duty. Historically, the concept was formed in Roman Catholic theology in the times of the Church Fathers but, following the fierce attacks on it by theologians of the Reformation, has almost ...
M. Raters
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Organizational Supererogation and the Transformation of Nonprofit Accountability

American Journal of Sociology, 2023
This article advances the moral philosophical concept of supererogation as a sociological process through which organizational action outstrips externally imposed evaluative demands.
A. Horvath
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Supererogation and Optimisation

Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 2022
This paper examines three approaches to the relationship between our moral reasons to bear costs for others’ sake before and beyond the call of duty. Symmetry holds that you are required to optimise your beneficial sacrifices even when they are genuinely
Christian Barry, Seth Lazar
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A Qualified Account of Supererogation: Toward a Better Conceptualization of Corporate Social Responsibility

Business Ethics Quarterly, 2020
Some firms are initiating pro-stakeholder activities and policies that transcend conventional corporate social responsibility (CSR) conceptions and seem inconsistent with their business interests or economic responsibilities. These initiatives, which are
Antonio Tencati, Nicola Misani, S. Castaldo   +2 more
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Caution and supererogation: a reply to Eslami and Archer

The Philosophical Quarterly
Seyyed Mohsen Eslami and Alfred Archer have argued for what they call the cautionary account of supererogation. According to this account, an action is supererogatory iff it involves exercising caution in doing the right thing in cases where the agent ...
Alireza Kazemi
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In defense of sporting supererogation: a reply to Borge

Journal of the Philosophy of Sport
In moral philosophy, it is common to accept that some acts are beyond the call of duty, or supererogatory. Recently, it has been argued that there are also distinctly sporting forms of supererogation (Archer 2017). These arguments have been criticized by
Alfred Archer, Xiner Tao
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Supererogation, dual-role views, and the logic of reasons

The Philosophical Quarterly
Intuitively, one can do more than morality requires. Thus, you seem to do more than morality requires—in jargon, you supererogate—when you knowingly let grave harm come to you to save a stranger’s life.
Aleks Knoks
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Heroic Virtues in Space Exploration: Everydayness and Supererogation on Earth and Beyond

Heroism Science An Interdisciplinary Journal
The space environment poses significant dangers and difficulties for human explorers—difficulties so great that it has been argued that space exploration should be exclusively conducted by automated spacecraft.
J. Nielsen
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Supererogation as the Sublime

Southwest Philosophy Review
Supererogatory actions pose a longstanding challenge to Kantian moral theory, which traditionally holds that only actions done from duty have moral worth. While recent accounts attempt to preserve weak supererogation within Kant’s framework via imperfect
M. L. Órnelas
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Grotius on Natural Law and Supererogation

Journal of the history of philosophy, 2019
:This article provides a novel interpretation of Grotius’s conception of natural law. Prior interpretations have overlooked Grotius’s doctrine of supererogation and have hence misrepresented, in varying ways, the content of his law of nature and its ...
J. Olsthoorn
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