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| Duty: A duty is something that we are morally or legally obligated to do. It is something that we owe to others or to society as a whole. An obligation is something that we are bound to do by a contract, promise, or other agreement. It is something that we owe to a specific person or group of people. See also Morals, Community, Ethics, Society, Contracts._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Émile Durkheim on Duty - Dictionary of Arguments
Habermas IV 75 Duty/Durkheim/Habermas: Durkheim's thesis: We will define the concept of duty empirically in a way that is very close to the Kantian concept. (1) Habermas IV 78 MeadVsKant: Mead traces back the binding force of commitment to force and attraction at the same time. The morally good is also the desirable. It could not be effective as an ideal (...) if it did not promise the satisfaction of real needs. (2) 1. E. Durkheim, Sociologie et philosophie, Paris 1951, German Frankfurt 1967, p. 85 2. Ibid p. 96._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Durkheim I E. Durkheim The Rules of Sociological Method - French: Les Règles de la Méthode Sociologique, Paris 1895 German Edition: Die Regeln der soziologischen Methode Frankfurt/M. 1984 Ha I J. Habermas Der philosophische Diskurs der Moderne Frankfurt 1988 Ha III Jürgen Habermas Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns Bd. I Frankfurt/M. 1981 Ha IV Jürgen Habermas Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns Bd. II Frankfurt/M. 1981 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-16