The case would be entirely clear if Spain would assume distinct obligations.
In his earliest work Prichard supposes that principles specify distinct obligations, e.g. those of telling the truth, educating one's children, serving one's country.
In particular, in any system with K and RM, (OBp & OB~p) ↔ OB⊥ is a theorem.[2] But it seems odd that there is no distinction between a contradiction being obligatory, and having two distinct conflicting obligations.
So, understood as affirming a dependence relationship between wholly distinct moral obligations and divine commands, the supervenience view has all of the problems of the causation view.
Contractual obligations are distinct from tort obligations because the former, like promissory obligations, are defined by agreement.
Clearly these obligations are distinct from moral obligations, since in some cases moral obligations can conflict with these other kinds.
In the past, paper money was frequently regarded in the United States as a portion of the public debt, but in more recent years money has been regarded as a distinct type of obligation, in part because paper money is usually no longer payable in gold, silver, or other specific items of intrinsic value.
The difference between Hobbes and Spinoza on right bears directly on their distinct accounts of obligation.
To "have the conception of justice," it is necessary that "one perceive its obligation distinct from its utility" (EAP V.v: 306).
But then, the problem for Kelsen is how to explain the difference between the normativity of law and that of morality; if legal "ought" is a genuine "ought", what makes a legal obligation distinct from a moral one?
But if the catalogue accompanying American Modern represents MoMA's commitment, in the words of Lowry, to "constantly revis[e] the narrative of its own history," it just as assuredly reminds us of a distinct absence of obligation to the average museum-goer.
