19. What is an action done from the motive of duty? Elaborate and illustrate it using your own concrete example. at nl aDuties are rules or laws combined with some sort of felt constraint or incentive on our choices, whether from external coercion by others or from our powers of reason. An action from the motive of duty is an action that is motivated by consideration of one's duty. To act out of duty is to do what is morally right because it is morally right.Example: Katrina is a philanthropist and she is going through a really bad time in her life. She no longer has any inclination to help the needy, and it gives her no pleasure. Nevertheless she does it because it is the right thing to do. Now her actions are motivated by duty