Relationality without obligation

Lewis, James H. P. 2022. Relationality without obligation. Analysis 82 (2) , pp. 238-246. 10.1093/analys/anab072

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Abstract

Some reasons are thought to depend on relations between people, such as that of a promiser to a promisee. It has sometimes been assumed that all reasons that are relational in this way are moral obligations. I argue, via a counter example, that there are non-obligatory relational reasons. If true, this has ramifications for relational theories of morality.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	English, Communication and Philosophy
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
ISSN:	0003-2638
Funders:	Leverhulme Trust
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	12 September 2023
Date of Acceptance:	2 November 2021
Last Modified:	21 Nov 2024 23:45
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/162441

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