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EspañolMORAL OBLIGATION
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).
★ Duty
★ Ethics
★ Kohlberg's stages of moral development
★ Metaethics
★ Norm (philosophy)
★ Obligation
★ Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Special Obligations
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).
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See also
★ Duty
★ Ethics
★ Kohlberg's stages of moral development
★ Metaethics
★ Norm (philosophy)
★ Obligation
External links
★ Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Special Obligations
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