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positive duty

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Trolley problem
…an approximate definition of a positive duty as a moral obligation to aid or benefit others in a given way in situations where they are in need of help. (Foot purposefully employed the notion of positive duty in a broad sense to encompass acts of charity that would ordinarily be…
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…an approximate definition of a positive duty as a moral obligation to aid or benefit others in a given way in situations where they are in need of help. (Foot purposefully employed the notion of positive duty in a broad sense to encompass acts of charity that would ordinarily be…
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