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How does inequality affect our sense of moral obligation?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 April 2020

Walter Sinnott-Armstrong Open the ORCID record for Walter Sinnott-Armstrong [Opens in a new window]
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong*
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Philosophy Department, Duke University, Durham, NC27708. ws66@duke.eduhttps://sites.duke.edu/wsa/
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Abstract

Tomasello's novel and insightful theory of obligation explains why we sometimes sense an obligation to treat each other equally, but he has not yet explained why human morality also allows and enables much inequality in wealth and power. Ullman-Margalit's (1977) account of norms of partiality suggested a different source and kind of norms that might help to fill out Tomasello's picture.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 43 , 2020 , e87
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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Ullman-Margalit, E. (1977) The emergence of norms. Oxford University Press.Google Scholar