And in an interview with the Spanish journal Doxa near the end of his career he maintained 'that legal and moral obligation are conceptually different' in the sense that a statement of obligation has a different meaning in law and in morality (De Paramo 1988).
This solution to Chisholm's puzzle would be of greatest interest if it could be shown not only to provide a suitable semantical interpretation for the four cited sentences, but also to pave the way to a complete system of deontic logic adequate for the expression of statements of conditional obligation.
They are statements of intent, not obligation.
The fifth table deals with administrative details of the brotherhood and ends with a statement of mutual obligations between the Fratres Atiedii and two of the (originally) 10 divisions of the Iguvine people.
"The GREAT Group has done some things over the past few years, such as establishing a definition of postdocs, and then a couple of years ago, the postdoc compact," a formal statement of mutual obligations and responsibilities for postdocs and principal investigators.
These are considered to be "illustrative, non-exhaustive examples", rather than a complete statement of parties' obligations.
In other words, what descriptions of a person constitute statements of that person's obligation-generating roles and which do not?
The language of a principle or rule of beneficence refers to a normative statement of a moral obligation to act for the others' benefit, helping them to further their important and legitimate interests, often by preventing or removing possible harms.
No feeling of obligation.
Beaumont, Tex., $52.5 million of certificates of obligation.
