Ethics and Values / Unit 5 Ethics 208 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Perfect and Imperfect Duties
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The idea
Perfect duties forbid always — never lie, never make false promises; imperfect duties require sometimes — help others, develop your talents, with latitude in how.
In practice
An accountant may choose which causes to support and when — imperfect. Falsifying a ledger has no schedule on which it becomes fine — perfect.
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