humanities.philosophy.objectivism

On Feb 25, 9:31 pm, Gordon Sollars wrote:
> In article > b26f86524...@h25g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>, cbel...@bellsouth.net
> says...
>
> > From Ayn Rand, /Causality versus Duty/
>
> > found here:
>
> >http://www.mindmelding.com/ayn_rand_causality_versus_duty.htm
>
> Thank you.  If Rand wants to press hard on a distinction between "duty"
> and "obligation" that's fine by me - but I have not been.  (The words
> are interchangeable according to the dictionary

She points out that they are not quite indistinguishable, and even so,
she is entitled to limit meanings of terms in a fashion as she needs
to clarify her philosophy -- that being there is no such thing as what
anyone can call an unchosen obligation (equals duty), but there are
such things as obligations (personal, financial) which are chosen.

This is relevant in that Prescott also believes that there is no such
thing as an unchosen obligation except that obligation which he
considers unchosen, like a legal obligation. I point out that when
Rand said there is no such thing as unchosen obligations she said that
there is no such thing as unchosen obligations.