The Good, the Bad and the Right: Formal Reductions among Deontic Concepts

The present article provides a taxonomic analysis of bimodal logics of normative ideality and normative awfulness, two notions whose meaning is here explained in terms of the moral values pursued by a given community. Furthermore, the article addresses the traditional problem of a reduction among de...

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Main Authors: Daniela Glavaničová, Matteo Pascucci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Lodz University Press 2021-06-01
Series:Bulletin of the Section of Logic
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Online Access:https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/bulletin/article/view/8509
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Summary:The present article provides a taxonomic analysis of bimodal logics of normative ideality and normative awfulness, two notions whose meaning is here explained in terms of the moral values pursued by a given community. Furthermore, the article addresses the traditional problem of a reduction among deontic concepts: we explore the possibility of defining other relevant normative notions, such as obligation, explicit permission and Hohfeldian relations, in terms of ideality and awfulness. Some proposals in this respect, which have been formulated in the literature over the years, are here improved and discussed with reference to the various logics that we will introduce.
ISSN:0138-0680
2449-836X