Categories of moral theory such as intention, blame, responsibility, character, duty, virtue, and the like do capture important aspects of the human condition, but neither moral thinking (governed by the norms of the good and the right) nor scientific thinking (governed by the norm of truth) suffices.
The Graham Greene I knew best was the third man — the private, off-duty character — and when I met him it was, on my part, love at first sight (or, at any rate, besotted admiration).
Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump: though at an early age he is deemed to have a below average IQ of 75, he has an endearing character and shows devotion to his loved ones and duties, character traits which bring him into many life-changing situations.
Finbar Lynch's Teiresias, Kathryn Pogson's Eurydike, Obi Abili's Guard and Samuel Edward-Cook's Haimon all do double-duty as characters and chorus giving the show a visual unity rare in Greek tragedy.
Manuel Noriega sues Activision over Call of Duty video game character.
"As an actor, it was my duty to the character to justify his behavior, at least to myself," he said.
In a book that takes its title from the banner that signifies a family member's active military duty, all these characters face the call of war.
Being a mum, it's your duty to leave [the character] there on the set.
Rival views, as noted, ignore these morally significant relations, or the 'highly personal character of duty', at their peril (RG 22).
When he wasn't on active duty somewhere, the quirky character roles would show up.
It flirts with the duty to entertain, its characters and the audience both wanting distraction, all the more necessary in view of the absence of connected plot.
