Sentence examples for perfect obligation from inspiring English sources

'To render the charters or constitutions, ordinances and by-laws of corporations of perfect obligation, and generally to maintain their peace and good government, these bodies are subject to visitation; or, in other words, to the inspection and control of tribunals recognized by the laws of the land.

Both Kant and Mill distinguish between duties of perfect obligation and duties of imperfect obligation and regard not harming as the former kind of duty and helping as the latter kind of duty.

There certainly exist what are called perfect obligations.

She does not deny that perfect obligations correlate with rights.

Crucially whilst perfect obligations correlate with rights, imperfect obligations do not.

Thus to the extent that we do have perfect obligations to children they do have corresponding rights.

Yet her perfect obligations to her children are not exhaustively specified by what the law requires of her.

This complete my obligation.

Welo was under no obligation to perfect his claim.

He took seriously his obligation to perfect the world ("tikkun olam"), and leaves a legacy of love, honor and social justice.

Does the artist have an obligation to perfect her talents?