498 | It is a great thing, when one is in adversity, to think of duty [Democritus (attr)] |
5072 | For Stoics, obligations are determined by social role [Taylor,R on Stoic school] |
22119 | Augustine said (unusually) that 'ought' does not imply 'can' [Augustine, by Matthews] |
3918 | Moral philosophy aims to show us our duty [Hume] |
5295 | Kant was happy with 'good will', even if it had no result [Kant, by Marx/Engels] |
6695 | Kant has to attribute high moral worth to some deeply unattractive human lives [Kant, by Graham] |
8028 | Kantian duty seems to imply conformism with authority [MacIntyre on Kant] |
3714 | Dutiful actions are judged not by purpose, but by the maxim followed [Kant] |
3718 | Telling the truth from duty is quite different from doing so to avoid inconvenience [Kant] |
3723 | There are no imperatives for a holy will, as the will is in harmony with moral law [Kant] |
3724 | A categorical imperative sees an action as necessary purely for its own sake [Kant] |
3735 | Men are subject to laws which are both self-made and universal [Kant] |
22441 | The law will protect you if you tell a truth which results in murder [Kant] |
21060 | It can't be a duty to strive after the impossible [Kant] |
22439 | There are only duties if there are rights, so truth is only for those with a right to it [Constant] |
22440 | Unconditional truth-telling makes a society impossible [Constant] |
3768 | Orthodox morality is the only one which feels obligatory [Mill] |
19230 | People should follow what lies before them, and is within their power [Peirce] |
20267 | Seeing duty as a burden makes it a bit cruel, and it can thus never become a habit [Nietzsche] |
4415 | Guilt and obligation originated in the relationship of buying and selling, credit and debt [Nietzsche] |
20725 | The idea of duty in one's calling haunts us, like a lost religion [Weber] |
9255 | Seeing the goodness of an effect creates the duty to produce it, not the desire [Prichard] |
9259 | We feel obligations to overcome our own failings, and these are not relations to other people [Prichard] |
5900 | We should do our duty, but not from a sense of duty [Ross] |
5909 | Be faithful, grateful, just, beneficent, non-malevolent, and improve yourself [Ross, by PG] |
5942 | We like people who act from love, but admire more the people who act from duty [Ross] |
7664 | The Greeks have no notion of obligation or duty [Berlin] |
5066 | If we are made in God's image, pursuit of excellence is replaced by duty to obey God [Taylor,R] |
5065 | The ethics of duty requires a religious framework [Taylor,R] |
4110 | Obligation and duty look backwards (because of a promise or job), although the acts are in the future [Williams,B] |
4248 | Not all moral deliberations lead to obligations; some merely reveal what 'may' be done [Williams,B] |
4249 | "Ought implies can" is a famous formula in connection with moral obligation [Williams,B] |
4250 | The concept of a 'duty to myself' is fraudulent [Williams,B] |
3813 | 'Ought' implies that there is a reason to do something [Searle] |
2172 | The modern idea of duty is unknown in archaic Greece [Williams,B] |
3258 | If cockroaches can't think about their actions, they have no duties [Nagel] |
8023 | My duties depend on my identity, which depends on my social relations [MacIntyre] |
3551 | Virtue theory tries to explain our duties in terms of our character [Annas] |
4290 | That which can only be done by a callous person, ought not to be done [Scruton] |
3886 | Membership is the greatest source of obligation [Scruton] |
22262 | Kant's moral law has no foundation - because that would undermine its priority [Sandel] |
7093 | Behaviour may be disgusting or inhumane, but violate no duty [Statman] |
7104 | The ancients recognised imperfect duties, but we have added perfect duties like justice [Statman] |
20886 | Are we only obligated by agreement, or should we always help the weak? [LaFollette] |