Four theories of filial duty

Philosophical Quarterly

Volumn 56, Issue 223, 2006, Pages 254-274

  Keller, Simon ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 36849022012     PISSN: 00318094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9213.2006.00441.x     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Traces of the radical criticisms can be found in A.J. Simmons, Moral Principles and Political Obligations (Princeton UP, 1979), ch. 7
2. M. Slote, 'Obedience and Illusions', in O. O'Neill and W. Ruddick (eds), Having Children (Oxford UP, 1979), pp. 319-26
3. See N. Daniels, Am I My Parents' Keper? (Oxford UP, 1988)
4. M.R. Wicclair, 'Caring for Frail Elderly Parents: Past Parental Sacrifices and the Obligations of Adult Children', Social Theory and Practice, 16 (1990), pp. 163-89
5. See C.H. Sommers, 'Filial Morality', Journal of Philosophy, 83 (1986), pp. 439-56
6. M. Stocker, 'The Schizophrenia of Modern Ethical Theories', Journal of Philosophy, 73 (1976), pp. 453-66
7. A. MacIntyre, 'Is Patriotism a Virtue?', repr. in I. Primoratz (ed.), Patriotism (Amherst: Humanity Books, 2002), pp. 43-58
8. P. Railton, 'Alienation, Consequentialism, and the Demands of Morality', Philosophy and Public Affairs, 13 (1984), pp. 134-71
9. This labelling follows J. Blustein, Parents and Children (Oxford UP, 1982), p. 166
10. See Blustein, Parents and Children, pp. 103-4
11. Sommers, 'Filial Morality', pp. 448-9
12. On filial duties as discussed in Chinese philosophy, see P.J. Ivanhoe, 'Filial Piety as a Virtue', forthcoming in R. Walker and P.J. Ivanhoe (eds), Working Virtue: Virtue Ethics and Contemporary Moral Problems (Oxford UP, 2006)
13. J. English, 'What Do Grown Children Owe Their Parents?', in O'Neill and Ruddick (eds), Having Children, pp. 351-6, at pp. 354-6
14. See F.R. Berger, 'Gratitude', Ethics, 85 (1975), pp. 298-309, at pp. 298-301
15. Ivanhoe, 'Filial Piety as a Virtue'
16. N.S. Jecker, 'Are Filial Duties Unfounded?', American Philosophical Quarterly, 26 (1989), pp. 73-80
17. Wicclair, 'Caring for Frail Elderly Parents'
18. See Simmons, Moral Principles and Political Obligations, ch. 7
19. Slote, 'Obedience and Illusions'
20. For a more inclusive view of the conditions under which it is appropriate to feel gratitude, see P. Fitzgerald, 'Gratitude and Justice', Ethics, 109 (1998), pp. 119-53
21. See English, 'What Do Grown Children Owe Their Parents?'
22. N. Dixon, 'The Friendship Model of Filial Obligations', Journal of Applied Philosophy, 12 (1995), pp. 77-87
23. Dixon, 'The Friendship Model of Filial Obligations', pp. 80-2