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dc.contributor.advisorJohnson, Robert N.eng
dc.contributor.authorDittmer, Joel P., 1980-eng
dc.date.issued2005eng
dc.date.submitted2005 Falleng
dc.descriptionThe entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file.eng
dc.descriptionTitle from title screen of research.pdf file viewed on (January 23, 2006)eng
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.eng
dc.descriptionThesis (M.A.) University of Missouri-Columbia 2005.eng
dc.descriptionDissertations, Academic -- University of Missouri--Columbia -- Philosophy.eng
dc.description.abstract[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] My thesis attempts to explain how special obligations are moral obligations. The morality of special obligations is put into question by the thesis of voluntarism. Voluntarism explains that we have obligations only if we have voluntarily done or chose something to generate them. Special obligations, on the other hand, are not easily captured as obligations that are generated by voluntary doing or choosing. I will examine some accounts that try to ground the morality of special obligation in light of this problem. Ultimately, I will reject voluntarism for a roles-based account of our special obligations. After doing this, I will consider one other central concern we have, one which centers on the notion of value. This, as we will see, poses the challenge of explaining why special obligations are not to be abandoned. I will suggest that that the debate about abandonment makes sense only if we assume that our roles and the special obligations associated with them are things that we can give up. This is an assumption that is not legitimated by any of our beliefs, and so should be considered false.eng
dc.identifier.merlinb57673950eng
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10355/5839
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.publisherUniversity of Missouri--Columbiaeng
dc.rightsAccess is limited to the campuses of the University of Missouri.eng
dc.subjectMoral obligation.eng
dc.subjectMoral obligationeng
dc.subject.lcshResponsibility -- Philosophyeng
dc.subject.lcshVoluntarism -- Philosophyeng
dc.titlePlacement of special obligation in moralityeng
dc.typeThesiseng
thesis.degree.disciplinePhilosophy (MU)eng
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Missouri--Columbiaeng
thesis.degree.levelMasterseng
thesis.degree.nameM.A.eng


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