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A Dilemma for Neo-Aristotelian Supererogation [PDF]

, 2017
It has recently been argued that virtue ethics cannot accommodate the possibility of supererogation. In response, Rebecca Stangl proposes a neo-Aristotelian account of supererogation that, she argues, generates plausible verdicts, while also being ...
Wilson, Alan T, Alan T. Wilson
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Love First

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Volume 110, Issue 3, Page 854-886, May 2025.
Abstract How should we respond to the humanity of others? Should we care for others' well‐being? Respect them as autonomous agents? Largely neglected is an answer we can find in the religious traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Buddhism: we should love all.
P. Quinn White
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SUPEREROGATION AND THE CASE AGAINST AN “OVERALL OUGHT”

American Philosophical Quarterly, 2020
This paper argues against a kind of “overall ought.” The main argument is a version of the paradox of supererogation. The problem is this: obligating an agent to do what’s overall best will, when that differs from what’s they morally ought to do ...
Elizabeth Ventham
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Kant and Overdemandingness II: The Demandingness of Perfect Duties

Philosophy Compass, Volume 20, Issue 4, April 2025.
ABSTRACT In this paper, we consider how demandingness objections pertain to perfect duties in Kantian ethics. We revisit the framework of demandingness that we introduced in a previous paper, before introducing three cases that have been suggested to constitute problems for Kant, specifically regarding perfect duties.
Joe Saunders, Joe Slater, Martin Sticker
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Supererogation and Moral Reasons

, 2020
This paper is about the paradox of supererogation and why supererogation is morally optional. I argue that supererogation is morally optional because it is supported by both moral reasons and nonmoral reasons.
Yee, Justin B
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A Defense of the Cautionary Approach to Supererogation

Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy
How can moral theory make room for the existence of acts that are beyond the call of duty? This issue has become known as the problem of supererogation, and philosophers have provided various accounts of how to solve it.
Alfred Archer, S. M. Eslami
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A dilemma for permissibility-based solutions to the paradox of supererogation

Analysis, 2020
We argue that permissibility-based solutions to the paradox of supererogation encounter a nested dilemma. Such approaches solve the paradox by distinguishing moral and rational permissions.
M. Uzunova, Benjamin Ferguson
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Moderate Morality: An Interest-Based Contractarian Defense & its Applied Result in the Political Ethics of International Relations [PDF]

Journal of Philosophical Investigations, 2017
What is morality’s scope? Should all our actions be evaluated morally? Is it necessary to be causally responsible for harm to have a responsibility to reduce it?
Shirzad Peik Herfeh
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Intellectual humility without limits: Magnanimous humility, disagreement and the epistemology of resistance

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Volume 110, Issue 2, Page 604-622, March 2025.
Abstract In this paper, I provide a characterisation of a neglected form of humility: magnanimous humility. Unlike most contemporary analyses of humility, magnanimous humility is not about limitations but instead presupposes that one possesses some entitlement in a context. I suggest that magnanimous intellectual humility (IH) consists in a disposition
Brandon Yip
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Aesthetic Benevolence

Ratio, Volume 38, Issue 1, Page 48-55, March 2025.
ABSTRACT While non‐moral varieties of goodness (e.g., aesthetic, epistemic and prudential) are readily recognised by philosophers and non‐philosophers alike, the philosophical literature generally suggests that benevolence is a uniquely moral phenomenon.
Daniel Telech
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