Comments on Bernard Gert. Gert's Common Morality: Old-fashioned or Untimely?
The problem with Gert’s account of morality is that all acts of redistribution as well as all acts of redress, due to their ‘idealistic’ character, appear as supererogatory actions, that is, as actions that no one can expect anyone to perform. This is, I believe, what makes his account too minimalist to function as a reliable public guide for the behaviour of all moral agents, business and professionals included
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| Language: | English |
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| Subjects: | ethics, moral values, research, scientific research, ethiek, morele waarden, onderzoek, wetenschappelijk onderzoek, |
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| Summary: | The problem with Gert’s account of morality is that all acts of redistribution as well as all acts of redress, due to their ‘idealistic’ character, appear as supererogatory actions, that is, as actions that no one can expect anyone to perform. This is, I believe, what makes his account too minimalist to function as a reliable public guide for the behaviour of all moral agents, business and professionals included |
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