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Directed Duties
Author(s) -
May Simon Căbulea
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
philosophy compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.973
H-Index - 25
ISSN - 1747-9991
DOI - 10.1111/phc3.12239
Subject(s) - duty , virtue , face (sociological concept) , law and economics , law , control (management) , epistemology , psychology , political science , philosophy , sociology , economics , management , linguistics
Directed duties are duties that an agent owes to some party – a party who would be wronged if the duty were violated. A ‘direction problem’ asks what it is about a duty in virtue of which it is directed towards one party, if any, rather than another. I discuss three theories of moral direction: control, demand and interest theories. Although none of these theories can be rejected out of hand, all three face serious difficulties.

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