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| Natural duties: Natural duties in philosophy are moral obligations that are owed by all persons to all other persons, regardless of their social status, relationships, or any other particular circumstances. They are often justified on the basis of our shared humanity or our common moral nature. See also Morals, Ethics, Duties, Nature, Humans, Human nature, Society, Community._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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John Rawls on Natural Duties - Dictionary of Arguments
I 114 Natural duties/Rawls: Examples are mutual assistance or help for someone who is in danger, provided that one does not put oneself excessively in danger, the prohibition to discriminate against or harm someone else. >Duties. Positive/negative duties: the distinction is only important in relation to the problem of priorities. Duties/Rawls: the difference to obligations is that natural duties are independent of institutions or social practices. They arise regardless of our actions. I 115 We have never (as individuals) committed ourselves not to be cruel. The situation is different when international law is affected. Contracts are necessary here - but then the term "natural" duties no longer applies. Commitment to justice/Rawls: is a fundamental duty from the point of view of justice as fairness. It also refers to arrangements that will only be established in the future. >Justice/Rawls, >Fairness/Rawls. I 115/116 Reciprocity: does not follow from a contractual agreement between individuals, but from the second part of the fairness principle: (See Rawls I 111: "This arrangement has been approved.") >Reciprocity._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Rawl I J. Rawls A Theory of Justice: Original Edition Oxford 2005 |
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