In “The limits of duty and the limits of supererogation”, Karoline Reinhardt discusses from a feminist perspective one of the most relevant articles for the current debate on supererogation, J.O. Urmsons “Saints and Heroes”. She analyses the examples introduced by Urmson and still in use in the debate regarding their gender-based assumptions and reveals their systematic impact on supererogation theories.
The article has been published in the Journal for Ethics and Moral Philosophy and is accessible online:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42048-023-00165-y