W. D. Ross Moral Obligation

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W.D. Ross trusted that there was not one standard or rule that one must comply with. Rather he trusted that we can advance through good obligations. Ross suggested that we have plainly obvious at first sight moral obligations and that there are a few things have inborn worth. He trusted we have the obligation of loyalty or the obligation to stay faithful to our commitments, the obligation of reparation or the obligation to pay for mischief done to others, the obligation of appreciation or the obligation to return supports, the obligation of value or the obligation to boost the great, and the obligation of non-damage or the obligation to deny mischief to others. For instance, it is for the most part wrong to execute a man in light of the fact

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