Assertion: gratitude | /r/HasProperty | owed
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text: Several of the examples in the last paragraph suggest that gratitude is owed to R only if R incurred some liability in φ-ing.
text: Philosophers also debate whether certain features of the beneficiary are necessary for gratitude to be owed.
text: In response to such worries, Simmons adds the proviso that if Y does not actually want the benefit, it may suffice for gratitude to be owed that Y would want the benefit if certain “impairing conditions” (such as drunkenness, mental disorder or ignorance) were removed.
text: The first is that the question of whether gratitude is owed is not necessarily settled once and for all in the moment that R φ’s.