Can someone be bound by a moral obligation and yet at the same time have a moral complaint about being so bound? That is, there is something that they ought, all things considered, to do, for moral reasons. And yet, we and they feel that they have a moral complaint about being the one who is bound to do it: it is unfair that they, and not others, should bear the burden of having to do or attend to whatever this obligation requires. This is what I shall call an “objectionable obligation.” Do such obligations exist? Is this idea even coherent? And if it is, what follows from this fact?

While the previous OxPeace training workshops have focused on ‘Track One’ (national and international) negotiation and mediation, the objective of this new experimental workshop is to focus on the local level, where much essential peacebuilding takes place as well as much reflection ad research.