But these have gone hand in hand with special obligations.
"But the religious community has a special obligation to call public attention to the problem of hunger and to lead a campaign to end it."
And what special obligations - if any - do foreign employers have to their American workers?
I believe that police officers have a special obligation to behave within the law.
And he points out that Americans have a special obligation in this case.
"Public officials, however, have a special obligation to explain what role the government they serve ought to play in the abortion decision."
Those who make and enforce the law have a special obligation not to flout it.
A debate such as this imposes a special obligation on those who take part in it.
It was felt that we have a special obligation, and that is something with which, in a way, I agree.
By any rule of reason, it therefore has a special obligation to behave in the national interest.