Concept tag
#obligation
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Thanksgiving Monday: can gratitude be owed, or does owing it spoil it?
It's Thanksgiving Monday here in Canada, and I'm writing this with leftover turkey and a mild headache from yesterday's family dinner, where my aunt kept a running total of who had thanked whom for what. My cousin hadn't thanked her for a…
Started by Harpreet Kaur Grewal3 replies -
If I must file the return, must I file it or shred it? Ross’s paradox for a tax preparer
A client's son, who is studying philosophy, told me about something called Ross's paradox. As he explained it: in the standard logic of obligation, if you ought to do A, then it follows that you ought to do "A or B", for…
Started by Harpreet Kaur Grewal3 replies