Kantian Beneficence and the Problem of Obligatory Aid
Abstract Common sense tells us that in certain circumstances, helping someone is morally obligatory. That intuition appears incompatible with Kant's account of beneficence as a wide imperfect duty, and its implication that agents may exercise latitude over which beneficent actions to perform. I...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | Drawer...
|
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Brill
2011
|
| In: |
Journal of moral philosophy
Year: 2011, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 45-67 |
| Further subjects: | B
BARBARA HERMAN
B BENEFICENCE B Obligation B IMPERFECT DUTY B THOMAS HILL B LATITUDE B Kant |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
MARC
| LEADER | 00000naa a22000002 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | 1817476823 | ||
| 003 | DE-627 | ||
| 005 | 20220927053014.0 | ||
| 007 | cr uuu---uuuuu | ||
| 008 | 220927s2011 xx |||||o 00| ||eng c | ||
| 024 | 7 | |a 10.1163/174552411X549372 |2 doi | |
| 035 | |a (DE-627)1817476823 | ||
| 035 | |a (DE-599)KXP1817476823 | ||
| 040 | |a DE-627 |b ger |c DE-627 |e rda | ||
| 041 | |a eng | ||
| 084 | |a 1 |2 ssgn | ||
| 100 | 1 | |a Stohr, Karen |e VerfasserIn |4 aut | |
| 109 | |a Stohr, Karen | ||
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Kantian Beneficence and the Problem of Obligatory Aid |
| 264 | 1 | |c 2011 | |
| 336 | |a Text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a Computermedien |b c |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |a Online-Ressource |b cr |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 520 | |a Abstract Common sense tells us that in certain circumstances, helping someone is morally obligatory. That intuition appears incompatible with Kant's account of beneficence as a wide imperfect duty, and its implication that agents may exercise latitude over which beneficent actions to perform. In this paper, I offer a resolution to the problem from which it follows that some opportunities to help admit latitude and others do not. I argue that beneficence has two components: the familiar wide duty to help others achieve their ends and a narrow duty to avoid indifference to others as end-setters. Although we are not always required to help, we are always required not to be indifferent. When helping someone is the only way not to be indifferent to a person, helping him/her is obligatory. My account avoids certain difficulties with other proposed solutions and can also address an important concern about proximity. | ||
| 601 | |a Problem | ||
| 650 | 4 | |a BARBARA HERMAN | |
| 650 | 4 | |a LATITUDE | |
| 650 | 4 | |a BENEFICENCE | |
| 650 | 4 | |a THOMAS HILL | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Obligation | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Kant | |
| 650 | 4 | |a IMPERFECT DUTY | |
| 650 | 4 | |a BARBARA HERMAN | |
| 650 | 4 | |a LATITUDE | |
| 650 | 4 | |a BENEFICENCE | |
| 650 | 4 | |a THOMAS HILL | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Obligation | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Kant | |
| 650 | 4 | |a IMPERFECT DUTY | |
| 773 | 0 | 8 | |i Enthalten in |t Journal of moral philosophy |d Leiden : Brill, 2004 |g 8(2011), 1, Seite 45-67 |h Online-Ressource |w (DE-627)474382281 |w (DE-600)2169771-1 |w (DE-576)273875329 |x 1745-5243 |7 nnns |
| 773 | 1 | 8 | |g volume:8 |g year:2011 |g number:1 |g pages:45-67 |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | |u https://doi.org/10.1163/174552411X549372 |x Resolving-System |z lizenzpflichtig |3 Volltext |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | |u https://brill.com/view/journals/jmp/8/1/article-p45_4.xml |x Verlag |z lizenzpflichtig |3 Volltext |
| 935 | |a mteo | ||
| 936 | u | w | |d 8 |j 2011 |e 1 |h 45-67 |
| 951 | |a AR | ||
| ELC | |a 1 | ||
| ITA | |a 1 |t 1 | ||
| LOK | |0 000 xxxxxcx a22 zn 4500 | ||
| LOK | |0 001 4192069822 | ||
| LOK | |0 003 DE-627 | ||
| LOK | |0 004 1817476823 | ||
| LOK | |0 005 20220927053014 | ||
| LOK | |0 008 220927||||||||||||||||ger||||||| | ||
| LOK | |0 035 |a (DE-Tue135)IxTheo#2022-09-22#F5B7DCD3CEBD055DF7DF904E7A0BD23A0219C647 | ||
| LOK | |0 040 |a DE-Tue135 |c DE-627 |d DE-Tue135 | ||
| LOK | |0 092 |o n | ||
| LOK | |0 852 |a DE-Tue135 | ||
| LOK | |0 852 1 |9 00 | ||
| LOK | |0 935 |a ixzs |a ixrk |a zota | ||
| ORI | |a SA-MARC-ixtheoa001.raw | ||