It said that actions taken to fulfil EU obligations, for instance on clean water and wildlife protection, had been beneficial to the UK's environment, along with EU policies that have helped infrastructure investments, for instance in renewable energy.
Thus, it might be that under very many circumstances, you ought to tell the truth, but not under all; under special circumstances this obligation may be overriden by other obligations, for instance, the obligation not to deliver your friend to the secret police.
An "unlimited-tax general obligation bond," for instance, might be rated one or two notches higher than a "limited tax" version of the same bond.
General obligation bonds, for instance, are normally a city's best credit, but they can become unsecured credit in municipal bankruptcy.
On top of that, according to a 1999 Home Office research study, two-thirds of the people summoned for jury service are granted waivers from the obligation, citing, for instance, the pressure of work or a planned holiday.
O'Neill does say that when imperfect obligations are institutionalised when, for instance there are laws and institutions specifying who should act and how to detect and prevent child abuse there are created positive special obligations to which correspond positive rights.
A great many Member States have a huge interest in being able to conclude agreements with third countries on family law matters, such as custody of children, access rights and maintenance obligations due to, for instance, specific historical or social ties with those countries.
One vivid instance of the escapability of moral obligations is Williams' own example of "Gauguin", a (fictionalised) artist who deliberately rejects a whole host of moral obligations (to his family, for instance) because he finds it more "important", in this sense, to be a painter.
Officials in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., are scheduled to vote on a $300 million pension obligation bond on Wednesday, for instance.
They go on to argue that one can nevertheless maintain the case for a moral obligation of procreative beneficence, for instance on impersonal grounds.
But then there are imperfect obligations which are those of caring for children to whom we do not, as parents for instance, have specific obligations.
