This work represents an attempt to show that standard systems of deontic logic (taken as attempts to codify normal deontic reasoning) run into a number of difficulties. It also presents a new system of deontic logic and argues that it is free from the shortcomings of standard systems. Forrester mot
Deontic logic : a comprehensive appraisal and a new proposal
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- Publisher
- University Press of America
- Year
- 1978
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 183
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Table of Contents
- Introduction
- The Basic principles and paradoxes of von wright's old system of deontic logic
- Resolutions of the first two groups of deontic paradoxes
- A resolution of the last group of paradoxes
- The logical system S
- Systems S1, S2 and alternative semantics for S
- Conclusion
โฆ Subjects
Normative Ethics
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