The Ethics of Reciprocity

It’s only right to give a gift in return. Photo by Ben White on Unsplash

Why one good turn demands another

We have a moral duty to repay what we owe. I don’t just mean literally repaying money owed to our creditors but repaying favors and gifts. On an intuitive level we all know this, but it’s not normally explicitly talked about on a moral level. It’s time to change that and spell out an ethics of reciprocity.

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