Sentence examples for special obligations from inspiring English sources

"This is a special relationship, with special obligations on both sides," an American official said.

It's true that Roosevelt believed that public servants have special obligations to the public and the government that employs them.

She is one of about 65 members of Protest Chaplains in New York, and she spoke of their special obligations.

(cf. the entry on special obligations).

What is special about special obligations?

"Dominant companies are subject to special obligations.

Do we have such genuinely agent-relative special obligations?

On this view, all special obligations (as opposed to general duties) are the result of voluntary undertakings; promises are then the paradigm of special obligations (see entry on Special Obligations).

Special obligations are often appealed to in arguments against consequentialism, because consequentialism is unable to accommodate agent-relative reasons and genuinely special obligations are agent-relative reasons.

When and if we are able to defend the claim that we have fundamental agent-relative special obligations, we need to determine which special obligations we have.

Thus, there are special obligations and certain gains for both sides.