Marie-Luise Raters is an adjunct professor of ethics, ethics education, aesthetics, and philosophy of religion at the Institute for Life Orientation – Ethics – Religious Studies (LER) and at the Institute of Philosophy at the University of Potsdam.

• Preface.- Part I: Open Questions. An Introduction.- 1. Overview.- 2. The Delimitation Function of the Argument of Supererogation.- Part II: The Paradox of Supererogation in Supererogation Research (P1). A History of the Concept.- 3. Historical Review.- 4. Deontology and Categories.- 5. Utilitarianism and Cost-Benefit Analysis.- 6. Virtue Ethics and Talents.- 7. Rationalism and Reasons.- Part III: Two Types of Supererogations (P2-P5). A Theory of Supererogation.- 8. Moral Value (P2).- 9. Ultraerogations, Decencyerogations, and Pseudoerogations (P3).- 10. The Voluntariness of Supererogations (P4).- 11. The Omission of Supererogations (P5).- 12. Solutions and Outlooks.

Marie-Luise Raters is an adjunct professor of ethics, ethics education, aesthetics, and philosophy of religion at the Institute for Life Orientation – Ethics – Religious Studies (LER) and at the Institute of Philosophy at the University of Potsdam.

• Preface.- Part I: Open Questions. An Introduction.- 1. Overview.- 2. The Delimitation Function of the Argument of Supererogation.- Part II: The Paradox of Supererogation in Supererogation Research (P1). A History of the Concept.- 3. Historical Review.- 4. Deontology and Categories.- 5. Utilitarianism and Cost-Benefit Analysis.- 6. Virtue Ethics and Talents.- 7. Rationalism and Reasons.- Part III: Two Types of Supererogations (P2-P5). A Theory of Supererogation.- 8. Moral Value (P2).- 9. Ultraerogations, Decencyerogations, and Pseudoerogations (P3).- 10. The Voluntariness of Supererogations (P4).- 11. The Omission of Supererogations (P5).- 12. Solutions and Outlooks.

Marie-Luise Raters is an adjunct professor of ethics, ethics education, aesthetics, and philosophy of religion at the Institute for Life Orientation – Ethics – Religious Studies (LER) and at the Institute of Philosophy at the University of Potsdam.

• Preface.- Part I: Open Questions. An Introduction.- 1. Overview.- 2. The Delimitation Function of the Argument of Supererogation.- Part II: The Paradox of Supererogation in Supererogation Research (P1). A History of the Concept.- 3. Historical Review.- 4. Deontology and Categories.- 5. Utilitarianism and Cost-Benefit Analysis.- 6. Virtue Ethics and Talents.- 7. Rationalism and Reasons.- Part III: Two Types of Supererogations (P2-P5). A Theory of Supererogation.- 8. Moral Value (P2).- 9. Ultraerogations, Decencyerogations, and Pseudoerogations (P3).- 10. The Voluntariness of Supererogations (P4).- 11. The Omission of Supererogations (P5).- 12. Solutions and Outlooks.