Sentence examples for particular obligations from inspiring English sources

In any given society, there are many different, particular obligations.

In fact, for Bergson, if we ignore the multiplicity of particular obligations in any given society, and if instead we look at what he calls "the whole of obligation" (The Two Sources, p. 25), then we see that obedience to obligation is almost natural.

The specific task of Fichte's ethics is therefore, first of all, to deduce the categorical imperative (in its distinctively moral sense) from the general obligation to determine oneself freely, and, second, to deduce from this the particular obligations that apply to every free and finite rational being.

As a Christian, who will soon celebrate the birth of Jesus, I have particular obligations to speak words of calm and resolute commitment to the humanity of all people, especially Muslims, in this time of hatred.

College professors do not have a particular obligation to shun them.

I don't think the N.F.L. has a particular obligation to explain its thinking to fans.

The medical profession may have a particular obligation to address this problem, because medicine's usual watchdogs -- patients -- often cannot.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who has said he favors resuming the commuter tax temporarily, has a particular obligation to do so.

I feel a particular obligation not to let my own writing be twisted so as to inflame bigotry and xenophobia.

He said, too, that he felt no particular obligation to watch the playing of the anthem because, as he put it, "I know how it sounds".

He started with a speech in which he said he believed his department was under a particular obligation to avoid waste.