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  1. Beyond the Call of Duty: Supererogation, Obligation, and Offence.Gregory Mellema - 1991 - State University of New York Press.
    The possibility of supererogation--doing more than one feels morally obliged to do--is denied by many thinkers.
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  • Supererogation and Intentions of the Agent.Alfred Archer - 2013 - Philosophia 41 (2):447-462.
    It has been claimed, by David Heyd, that in order for an act to count as supererogatory the agent performing the act must possess altruistic intentions (1982 p.115). This requirement, Heyd claims, allows us to make sense of the meritorious nature of acts of supererogation. In this paper I will investigate whether there is good reason to accept that this requirement is a necessary condition of supererogation. I will argue that such a reason can be found in cases where two (...)
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