Mark Murphy has argued that the relationship between a creator and their creatures is not a special relationship that generates new moral obligations for the creator. Murphy’s position is grounded, in part, on his claim that there are no good arguments to the contrary and that the creator-creature relationship (at least in the case of God) is not a relationship between equals. I argue that there are good reasons to think that a creator and creature being equals is not required for such an obligation. I offer an argument for such an obligation based on the moral significance of thrusting upon sentient or rational beings significant, unsought, and wholly new circumstances. More specifically, I argue that it is reasonable to conclude that a creator enters into a duty-generating special relationship with their creatures to promote their creatures’ well-being, when (1) the creator is the voluntary source of the creatures’ wholly new and unconsented to circumstances from which to flourish or languish and (2) it would cost the creator virtually nothing to promote the creatures’ welfare.

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造物主与生物之间是否存在产生责任的特殊关系？

马克·墨菲（Mark Murphy）认为，创造者与其受造物之间的关系并不是一种特殊的关系，它会给创造者带来新的道德义务。墨菲的立场部分基于他的主张，即没有好的论据可以反驳，而且造物主与受造物的关系（至少在上帝的情况下）不是平等之间的关系。我认为有充分的理由认为这种义务不需要创造者和受造物是平等的。我基于将重要的、未寻求的和全新的环境强加给有情或理性的人的道德意义，为这种义务提供了一个论据。进一步来说，