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Comment
. 2020 Apr 30:43:e80.
doi: 10.1017/S0140525X19002450.

The nature of obligation's special force

David Olbrich  1
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The nature of obligation's special force

David Olbrich. Behav Brain Sci. .

Abstract

Tomasello's characterization of obligation as demanding and coercive is not an implication of the centrality of collaborative commitment. Not only is this characterization contentious, it appears to be falsified in some cases of personal conviction. The theory would be strengthened if the nature of obligation's force and collaborative commitment were directly linked, possibly through Tomasello's notions of identity and identification.

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  • The many faces of obligation.
    Tomasello M. Tomasello M. Behav Brain Sci. 2020 Apr 30;43:e89. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X19002620. Behav Brain Sci. 2020. PMID: 32349841

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