Title: Relationality without obligation.
Authors: Lewis, James H P
Abstract: Some reasons are thought to depend on relations between people, such as that of a promiser to a promisee. It has sometimes been assumed that all reasons that are relational in this way are moral obligations. I argue, via a counter example, that there are non-obligatory relational reasons. If true, this has ramifications for relational theories of morality.
Subjects: INTERPERSONAL relations; DUTY; ETHICS; REASONING; PHILOSOPHY
Publication: Analysis, 2022, Vol 82, Issue 2, p238
ISSN: 0003-2638
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.1093/analys/anab072

Relationality without obligation.

Lewis, James H P