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Duty

A duty (from "due" meaning "that which is owing"; Old French: deu, did, past participle of devoir; Latin: debere, debitum, whence "debt") is a commitment or expectation to perform some action in general or if certain circumstances arise. A duty may arise from a system of ethics or morality, especially in an honor culture. Many duties are created by law…

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Civic duty

Duties of employment

Legal duties

Filial duty

In various cultures

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Duty

Nodes69
Edges68
Triples60
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.028986
Components1

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Duty

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related to In various cultures · 12
Duty → According, Asia, Asian, Body Politics, Gender, Latin America, Latin American, Michael Peletz, Modern Asia, Sexuality, The, Western
related to Filial duty · 9
Duty → As, Asia, Bear, China, Confucius, For, In, Lady Feng, This
related to Marcus Aurelius · 8
Duty → Book VI, Book VIII, Epictetus, Marcus, Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Similar, This
related to Ayn Rand · 7
Duty → Ayn Rand, For, If, In, Kant, Kant's, Nietzsche
related to Epictetus · 6
Duty → Discourses, Do, Epictetus, In, It, Just
related to Friedrich Nietzsche · 5
Duty → Friedrich Nietzsche, Nietzsche, The, This, What
related to Civic duty · 4
Duty → Civic, Donate, Obey, Serve
is a · 2
Duty → offense in U.S. military lawDuty to protect, particularly central aspect to the teachings of Confucius
related to External links · 2
Duty → BBC, In Our Time
related to Legal duties · 2
Duty → Examples, Special

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Dutyis aoffense in U.S. military lawDuty to protect0.90text
Dutyis aparticularly central aspect to the teachings of Confucius0.90text
a religious objectioninstance ofunless there is a reasonable excuse0.80text
being overseasinstance ofunless there is a reasonable excuse0.80text
or illness on polling dayinstance ofunless there is a reasonable excuse0.80text
Dutyrelated to Ayn RandAyn Rand0.60section
Dutyrelated to Ayn RandNietzsche0.60section
Dutyrelated to Ayn RandKant's0.60section
Dutyrelated to Ayn RandIn0.60section
Dutyrelated to Ayn RandFor0.60section
Dutyrelated to Ayn RandIf0.60section
Dutyrelated to Ayn RandKant0.60section

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