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Moral obligation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The term moral obligation has a number of meanings in moral philosophy, in religion, and in layman's terms. Generally speaking, when someone says of an act that it is a "moral obligation," they refer to a belief that the act is one prescribed by their set of values. Moral philosophers differ as to the origin of moral obligation, and whether such obligations are external to the agent (that is, are, in some sense, objective and applicable to all agents) or are internal (that is, are based on the agent's personal desires, upbringing, conscience, and so on). en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Moral_obligation   (136 words)

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Obligation Moral precepts are the commands of God, but they are also the behests of right reason, inasmuch as they are merely the rules of right conduct by which a being such as man is should be guided. It is said that moral obligation cannot be explained as a moral necessity of adopting the necessary means to the end of moral action, for it may be asked what is the moral obligation of the end itself. Moral obligation, according to him, is derived from the categorical imperative of the autonomous reason. www.newadvent.org /cathen/11189a.htm   (4638 words)

Lecture 4 Foundation Of Moral Obligation (1) Holiness, or obedience to moral law, or, in other words still, disinterested benevolence, is a natural, and of course necessary condition of the existence of that blessedness which is an ultimate or intrinsic good to moral agents, and ought to be chosen for that reason, i.e., that is a sufficient reason. Consequently, all obligation resolves itself into an obligation to choose the highest good of God, and of being in general, for its own sake, and to choose all the known conditions and means of this end, for the sake of the end. Obligation to use means to do good may, and must, be conditionated upon the tendency of those means to secure the end, but the obligation to use them is founded solely in the value of the end. wesley.nnu.edu /related_traditions/finney/systematic/lecture4.htm   (4695 words)

Lecture 6 Foundation of Moral Obligation (3) But again, the foundation of moral obligation must be the same in all worlds, and with all moral agents, for he simple reason that moral law is one and identical in all worlds. The obligation is, and must be, founded in the intrinsic value of the end, and conditionated upon the perceived relation of the object to the end. Obligation to will it as an end and for its own sake, implies the obligation to will its actual existence in all cases, and to all persons, when the indispensable conditions are fulfilled. wesley.nnu.edu /related_traditions/finney/systematic/lecture6.htm   (6634 words)

MORAL DEPRAVITY Pt. 1 -- by Charles G. Finney Moral crookedness is a deviation from the strait rule of action prescribed by the moral law. Moral depravity is a violation of moral obligation. To say that it ought to be abandoned, that we are under moral obligation to abandon it instantly, and yet to deny the possibility of abandoning it instantly, involves a gross contradiction. www.gospeltruth.net /1862OE/620312_morl_dpravit_pt1.htm   (2791 words)

20th WCP: Democracy and Political Obligation Although the ultimate criteria for what is morally good and wrong are the same for both public and private life and these domains are not governed by different moral principles, the public life of political servants is characterised by other duties than those of the individual in private life. Thus, political obligation seems to be a kind of obligation concerning the duties of political leaders and citizens together who, as a collectivity, are responsible for the political system as a whole. The moral worth of an action is primarily determined by the intentions of its agent, and the agent is only morally responsible for the effects of his action insofar as he can be considered a free cause of these effects and they could reasonably be foreseen. www.bu.edu /wcp/Papers/Poli/PoliVane.htm   (3990 words)

Finney's Systematic Theology--1851 Edition--Lecture V In their definition of the ground of obligation, namely, that it is that reason or consideration intrinsic in the object of ultimate choice, which necessitates the affirmation of obligation to choose it, for this reason, i.e. For example, moral agency, including the possession of the requisite powers, together with the developement of the ideas of the intrinsically valuable, of obligation, of right and wrong, are conditions of obligation in its universal form, namely obligation to will the good of being in general for its own sake. Consequently, and of course, that all obligation resolves itself into an obligation to choose the highest good of God, and of being in general, for its own sake, and to choose all the known conditions and means of this end, for the sake of the end. truthinheart.com /EarlyOberlinCD/CD/Finney/Theology/st05.htm   (5491 words)

Moral Obligation But he may be under an obligation to do in certain circumstances an act which is precisely similar to that which would proceed under those circumstances from a particular virtuous disposition; e.g., to do the same kind of act as a generous man would gladly do from generosity. Neither this obligation nor the belief that one is subjeet to it could possibly arise from the mere fact that the rulers had ordered obedience and had instituted sanctions for disobedience. Then the expectation which, according to the theory, is the only ground of A's obligation to do X, could arise in B only in so far as B ascribes to A a belief about the ground of his obligatlon to do X which, according to the theory, is in principle false. www.ditext.com /broad/mo.html   (5185 words)

Is God's Sovereign Will the foundation of Moral Obligation? Indeed, unless He is subject to law, or is a subject of moral obligation, He has and can have, no moral character; for moral character always and necessarily implies moral law and moral obligation. His will is law, not in the sense of its originating and imposing obligation of its own arbitrary sovereignty, but in the sense of its being a revelation of both the end we ought to seek, and the means by which the end can be secured. But let moral action be clearly and correctly defined, let the true ground of obligation be clearly and correctly stated; and let both these be kept constantly in view, and such a system would be of incalculable value. www.biblical-theology.com /moralgov/moralob.htm   (1656 words)

David Hume -- Moral Theory [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy] Hume's moral theory is of lasting importance in the history of moral philosophy both for its originality and for its influence on later moral theories. The moral agent is the person who performs an action, such as stealing a car; the receiver is the person affected by the conduct, such as the owner of the stolen car; and the moral spectator is the person who observes and, in this case, disapproves of the agent's action. In every moral action that can be estimated by us, these two sets of feelings may be taken into account; the feelings of the agent when he meditated and willed the action; and the feelings of the spectator, or of him who calmly contemplates the action at any distance of space or time. www.utm.edu /research/iep/h/humemora.htm   (4446 words)

Reviews of The New Mormon Challenge Second, moral laws are such that they are necessarily capable of taking a linguistic form of a command that conveys the content of the law "to another mind." Third, moral laws have an incumbency or "oughtness" about them that obliges us to act in conformance with them, though we are free to not do so. Moral laws define the conditions that are necessary for the growth and progress of intelligences to partake of the divine nature to be pure as God is pure. Moral laws are grounded in our eternal divine nature, for the good is whatever leads to realization of our humanity in a fullness of divinity. www.fairlds.org /New_Mormon_Challenge/TNMC06.html   (12468 words)

The President's Council on Bioethics: Daniel Callahan: Is Research a Moral Obligation? Plagues, Death And Aging Two other ethicists said much the same, speaking of “the moral imperative of compassion that compels stem cell research,” and adding that at stake are the “criteria for moral sacrifices of human life,” a possibility not unacceptable to them. The former entail obligations with corresponding rights: I am obliged to do something because others have a right to it, either because of contractual agreements or because my actions or social role generate rights that others can claim against me. The latter obligations, imperfect in nature, do not have corresponding rights. There are different ways of expressing the underlying moral claim: as a right to health care, which citizens can claim against the state; as an obligation on the part of the state to provide health care; and as a commitment to social solidarity. www.bioethics.gov /background/callahan_paper.html   (13681 words)

Is It Our Moral Obligation to Attend Church? In that light, we would naturally expect that the moral obligation of corporate worship which is taught in the Old Testament will continue into the New. It is nothing less than the moral obligation of believers to attend these worship assemblies and not have other interests or activities take priority over them -- precisely because assembling for worship is a matter of obedience to God's word, rather than personal discretion. Scripture makes it our moral obligation not to forsake the assembling of God's flock "as the church" for the specific purpose of corporate worship, as defined by the Lord, under the leading of the shepherds. www.reformed.org /webfiles/antithesis/v1n2/ant_v1n2_record.html   (2250 words)

NCBC Has Moral Obligation To Pri Equally, they should oppose by all means (in writing, through the various associations, mass media, etc.) the vaccines which do not yet have morally acceptable alternatives, creating pressure so that alternative vaccines are prepared, which are not connected with the abortion of a human foetus, and requesting rigorous legal control of the pharmaceutical industry producers”. From a moral perspective, we would hold that the responsibility should lie directly with the parent or pregnant woman herself who has made the decision not to vaccinate - not with other parents or their children who have made that same moral decision. The NCBC ignores this very responsibility themselves as moral leaders who are able to influence effective changes, which the Vatican has clearly identified as a Catholic duty. www.cogforlife.org /ncbcvaticanresponse.htm   (1469 words)

The Concept of Moral Obligation - Cambridge University Press The principal aim of this book is to develop and defend an analysis of the concept of moral obligation. The analysis is neutral regarding competing substantive theories of obligation, whether consequentialist or deontological in character. Amongst these problems are deontic paradoxes, the supersession of obligation, conditional obligation, prima facie obligation, actualism and possibilism, dilemmas, supererogation, and cooperation. www.cup.cam.ac.uk /catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=052149706X   (198 words)

Philosophical Dictionary: Nicole-Nussbaum A meta-ethical theory according to which moral issues are not subject to rational determination. Dealing with values, not facts, moral assertions are neither true nor false, but merely express attitudes, feelings, desires, or demands. It is useful to distinguish normative theories according to the way in which they derive moral value from duties or rights: deontological theories hold that actions are intrinsically right or wrong, while consequentialist theories evaluate actions by reference to their extrinsic outcomes. www.philosophypages.com /dy/n9.htm   (802 words)

CNN.com - NATO: 'Moral obligation' to U.S. - Dec. 26, 2002 CNN.com - NATO: 'Moral obligation' to U.S. - Dec. 26, 2002 NATO has a "moral obligation" to support the United States if it launches military action against Iraq, the alliance's chief says. Robertson said it would be impossible for the United States to go into battle without the support of its allies but that no decisions have been made on what role the other 18 NATO members would play in any conflict. archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/europe/12/26/sproject.irq.nato/index.html   (610 words)

Legal Definition of Moral Obligation MORAL OBLIGATION - A duty which one owes, and which he ought to perform, but which he is not legally bound to fulfil. Those founded on a natural right; as, the obligation to be charitable, which can never be enforced by law. Close it when you're done and you may be back here.) www.lectlaw.com /def2/m142.htm   (73 words)

Amazon.com: The Moral Obligation to Be Intelligent: Selected Essays: Books: Lionel Trilling,Leon Wieseltier   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24) Trilling's essays cover the core moral issues 19th and early 20th century writers addressed--fascism, communism, pornography, evil, the nature of beauty, the existence and nature of God. He says that "In irony, even in the large derived sense of the word, there is a kind of malice." He suggests there may have been malice on the part of Austen when she engaged in irony. We do not have the obligation, but Trillings shows us that it is much better to be intelligent, to read books that will have more questions than answers, more ways than dead ends. www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0374257949?v=glance   (2742 words)

"The Moral Obligation To Be Intelligent," by John Erskine he essay on “The Moral Obligation to be Intelligent” was composed as a Phi Beta Kappa oration, and delivered at Amherst College just before the war [World War I] began. It is disconcerting to intelligence that it should be God’s angel who cautions Adam not to wander in the earth, nor inquire concerning heaven’s causes and ends, and that it should be Satan meanwhile who questions and explores. We make a moral issue of an economic or social question, because it seems ignoble to admit it is simply a question for intelligence. www.columbia.edu /~tdk3/erskine.html   (3795 words)

LexBlog Blog : Lawyers' moral obligation to blog - why not?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24) American lawyers have a moral and social obligation to serve the public. Saying someone has a moral obligation to act is like stepping on the third rail these days. LexBlog is going to help lawyers meet their moral and social obligations. kevin.lexblog.com /2005/01/thoughts-and-happenings/lawyers-moral-obligation-to-blog-why-not   (930 words)

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