On the defeasibility of duties
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T. R. Girill
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Article
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1978
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Springer
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English
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One of the characteristic properties of prima facie duties or prima facie moral requirements is their defeasibility: a major (and sometimes subsequent) duty or requirement often appears to "defeat," "override," or "neutralize" the force of a minor (or earlier) one. Since complex ethical problems oft