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Supererogation in clinical research [PDF]

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 2008
'Supererogation' is the notion of going beyond the call of duty. The concept of supererogation has received scrutiny in ethical theory, as well as clinical bioethics. Yet, there has been little attention paid to supererogation in research ethics.
Barnbaum, Deborah R.
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Zetetic supererogation

Philosophical Issues
AbstractSeveral authors have recently argued that knowledge is not the aim of inquiry since it can make sense to inquire into a question even though one knows the answer. I argue that this a faulty diagnostic for determining whether one has met the constitutive standard of success of an activity type.
Jaakko Hirvelä
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

The Cautionary Account of Supererogation

Philosophical Quarterly
The problem of supererogation has attracted significant attention from contemporary moral philosophers. In this paper, we show that this problem was outlined in different terms in the work of the 11th century Persian philosopher Abū Alī Miskawayh.
Seyyed Mohsen Eslami, Alfred Archer, Archer Alfred   +2 more
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Supererogation Across Normative Domains

Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 2017
The phenomenon of moral supererogation – action that goes beyond what moral duty requires – is familiar. In this paper, I argue that the concept of supererogation is applicable beyond the moral domain.
Brian Mcelwee
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Supererogation and altruism: a comment [PDF]

Journal of Medical Ethics, 2002
Supererogation can be distinguished from altruism, in that the former is located in the category of duty but exceeds the strict requirements of duty, whereas altruism belongs to a different moral category from duty. It follows that doctors do not act altruistically in their professional roles.
Downie, R. S.
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Martin Luther's Critique of Supererogation

Journal of Religious Ethics, Volume 53, Issue 1, Page 112-134, March 2025.
Recent decades have witnessed a surge of philosophical interest in the concept of supererogation. Although Martin Luther figures prominently in the historiography as a critic of supererogation, the particular nature of his critique and its place within ...
John Walker
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Three paradoxes of supererogation [PDF]

, 2020
THREE PARADOXES OF SUPEREROGATION Daniel Muñoz Monash University To appear in Noûs Supererogatory acts—good deeds “beyond the call of duty”—are a part of moral common sense, but conceptually puzzling.
Daniel Muñoz
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A critical note on sporting supererogation

Journal of the Philosophy of Sport, 2021
Alfred Archer recently argued that there is good reason to think that sporting supererogation exists. In the present paper, I take a closer look at Archer’s two key cases from association football and his arguments in favour of positing that there is a ...
Steffen Börge
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Handbook of Supererogation

, 2023
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Einleitung: Jenseits der Pflicht?

Zeitschrift für Praktische Philosophie, 2017
Diese Einleitung führt kurz in den Begriff ‚Supererogation’ ein. Es folgt eine knappe Skizzierung der wichtigsten Forschungsfragen der angelsächsischen Superrogations-Debatte seit 1958.
Marie-Luise Raters
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