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Single Idea 3886

[from 'Modern Philosophy:introduction and survey' by Roger Scruton, in 23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 2. Duty ]

Full Idea

Membership is the greatest source of obligation.

Gist of Idea

Membership is the greatest source of obligation

Source

Roger Scruton (Modern Philosophy:introduction and survey [1994], 11.2)

Book Reference

Scruton,Roger: 'Modern Philosophy: introduction and survey' [Sinclair-Stevenson 1994], p.127

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A Reaction

An interesting and rather Aristotelian idea. The alternative is individual debt or obligation.