Question

Explain ‘Duty’ as a basic concept of Western Ethics.

Answer 1

The concept of a duty is the concept of a requirement.The concept of a duty is one of a cluster of normative concepts, also sometimes called deontic concepts .

Duties come in a many shapes and sizes. There are moral duties, legal duties, parental duties and civil duties.

The most important distinctions between duties include the distinctions between :

(1) natural and acquired duties,

(2) positive and negative duties,

(3) perfect and imperfect duties,