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Agency and deontic logic /

John Horty places deontic logic (the logic of ethical concepts like obligation and permission) in a new setting - cast against the background of a recently developed logic of agency, as well as problems in moral philosophy of action.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Horty, John F.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Overview
  • Indeterminism and agency. Branching time ; Individual agency ; Individual ability ; Group agency and ability
  • Ought to be. The standard theory ; A utilitarian theory ; The Meinong/Chisholm analysis ; Evaluating the analysis
  • Ought to do. Dominance ; Dominance act utilitarianism ; A new deontic operator ; Independence
  • Conditional oughts. Conditionally optimal actions ; A conditional ought operator ; Two patterns of argument ; Orthodox act utilitarianism
  • Group oughts. Optimal group actions ; Individual and group act utilitarianism ; Deontic operators for group oughts ; Rule utilitarianism
  • Strategic oughts. Strategies ; Strategies and choices ; Strategic dominance and optimality ; A strategic ought operator
  • A Proofs of validities and propositions. Validities ; Propositions.