TY  - JOUR
A1  - Raters, Marie-Luise
T1  - Das tue ich nicht, weil es nicht Pflicht ist
BT  - das Argument der Supererogation und sein Unanständigkeitsproblem
JF  - Zeitschrift für philosophische Forschung
N2  - Most arguments of Applied Ethics (e.g.slippery slope argument, argument of double effect) are well analyzed. An exception is the argument 'I do not do this because it is not my duty'. It makes sense to call the argument the 'argument of supererogation' (ASE): Since J. Urmson's essay Saints and Heroes of 1958, those actions are called 'supererogations' which (despite of their moral value) are not supposed to be duties. The argument is widely used not only in Applied Ethics, but also in ordinary moral everyday life. Nevertheless, there is a need of investigation because it has an indecency-problem. The argument is convincing if an actor does not want to risk his life. It seems indecent, however, if an actor refuses a simple favor or a service of friendship with the 'argument of super-erogation', although they both constitute no duties. This paper reconstructs the 'argument of supererogation' as a syllogism. It analyzes its formal structure by benefitting from current Anglo-American literature on supererogation. The overall aim of this paper is to solve the problem of indecency.
KW  - Ethics
KW  - Philosophy
Y1  - 2020
U6  - https://doi.org/10.3196/004433020828856890
VL  - 74
IS  - 1
SP  - 80
EP  - 104
ER  -