Philosophy

Table of Contents - January 1982 - Volume 57, Issue 220  

Articles

‘Saints and Heroes’

Elizabeth M. Pybusa1

a1 University of Glasgow

In his article ‘Saints and Heroes’, Urmson argues that traditional moral theories allow at most for a threefold classification of actions in terms of their worth, and that they are therefore unsatisfactory. Since the conclusion of his argument has led to the widespread use of the term ‘acts of supererogation’, and since I do not believe that such acts exist, I propose to argue that the actions with which he is concerned not only can, but should, be contained within the traditional classification.