Ethics

Ethics Study Guide or concrete duty is the duty we should perform in the particular situation of choice. Whatever one’s actual duty is, one is morally bound to perform it. A prima facie duty is fundamentally different from a concrete or actual duty. It is more of a moral reason. Since one prima facie duty can outweigh another in a particular situation, the prima facie (which means “appears to be at first glance”) duty cannot be an obligation that must be performed in any circumstance. By actual duty, Ross means what we have been referring to as a moral obligation. Ross has been criticized for his terminology. Unlike prima facie duties, our actual

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