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Morality and Practical Reasons [PDF]

, 2021
As Socrates famously noted, there is no more important question than how we ought to live. The answer to this question depends on how the reasons that we have for living in various different ways combine and compete. To illustrate, suppose that I've just
Portmore, Douglas W.
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Evaluating the energy poverty alleviation effect in industrial transition scenarios: Evidence from China

Sustainable Futures
This paper employs China’s 30 provinces as research objects to capture the potential role of industrial transition on addressing energy poverty from two dimensions: industrial supererogation and rationalization.
Jun Zhao, Yalin Lei, Sasa Song, Hongyun Huang, Xinwei Qu   +4 more
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Motivational Judgement Internalism and The Problem of Supererogation [PDF]

, 2016
Motivational judgement internalists hold that there is a necessary connection between moral judgments and motivation. There is, though, an important lack of clarity in the literature about the types of moral evaluation the theory is supposed to cover. It
Archer, Alfred
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The biblical expansion of justice in the Holy Scripture

Carthaginensia
In this merely exploratory reflection, we look at the Common House, and not only at the natural habitat, because the Common House presents other dimensions, such as history, memory, dignity, that is, it looks at the human person in entirety.
José Carlos Carvalho
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Mandatos y consejos en la filosofía práctica moderna

Isegoría, 2008
Este artículo trata de la distinción entre órdenes y consejos en la filosofía práctica moderna como doctrina de deberes. La distinción juega un papel esencial en el pensamiento cristiano de Thomasius por su diferenciación entre las distintas esferas de ...
Luca Fonnesu
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Must we be perfect?: A case against supererogation

Inquiry, 2020
In this paper we offer an argument against supererogation and in favour of moral perfectionism. We argue three primary points: (1) That the putative moral category is not generated by any of the main normative ethical systems, and it is difficult to find
Megan Fritts, Calum Miller
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The Cautionary Account of Supererogation

The 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.
S. M. Eslami, Alfred Archer
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A business ethics perspective on constructive deviant behavior in organizations: A literature review and an integrated framework proposal

Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, Volume 34, Issue 4, Page 1412-1431, October 2025.
Abstract Constructive Deviant Behavior (CDB) raises an ethical dilemma that poses a significant challenge within the realm of business ethics. This ethical dilemma is the extent to which individuals should be allowed, or even encouraged, to challenge established norms in the name of organizational and stakeholder well‐being before compromising ethical ...
Irina‐Alina Popescu, Antonio Cimino, Ilda Maria Coniglio   +2 more
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Kathryn Tanner on Divine Agency and the Problem of Providential Evil

Modern Theology, Volume 41, Issue 4, Page 625-637, October 2025.
Abstract In this article I engage with Kathryn Tanner's theological framework for understanding God's agency, focusing on the way her rules of non‐contrastive transcendence and non‐competitive immanence govern her account of God's acts of creation, providence, incarnation, and atonement.
Sameer Yadav
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Supererogatory Spandrels [PDF]

, 2017
Standing in San Marco Cathedral in Venice, you immediately notice the exquisitely decorated spandrels: the triangular spaces bounded on either side by adjoining arches and by the dome above.
Benn, Claire
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