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THEORIA-A SWEDISH JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY
Volume 82, Issue 3, Pages 238-255Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/theo.12085
Keywords
supererogation; normative ethics; metaethics; praise
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It is commonly assumed that praiseworthiness should form part of the analysis of supererogation. I will argue that this view should be rejected. I will start by arguing that, at least on some views of the connection between moral value and praiseworthiness, it does not follow from the fact that acts of supererogation go beyond what is required by duty that they will always be praiseworthy to perform. I will then consider and dismiss what I will call the Argument from Stipulation in favour of holding that acts of supererogation are always praiseworthy. Next, I will examine what I will call the Necessary Connection Argument, which posits a necessary connection between supererogation and praiseworthiness. I will argue that the intuitions used to motivate this argument are best explained by a debunking explanation.
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