Program

Research Programs: Residential College Teacher Fellowships, 1976-1981

Period of Performance

9/1/1978 - 5/31/1979

Funding Totals

$15,000.00 (approved)
$15,000.00 (awarded)


The Concept of Duty

FAIN: FR-10378-78

Russell A. Jacobs
Washburn University of Topeka (Topeka, KS 66621-0001)

To intensively examine the concept of duty, and whether or not believing an action to be one's duty can be a rational belief, and doing (or failing to do) one's duty can be a rational action. In addition, reading would be done in related areas, especially in the philosophy of mind and epistemology.