The Logical Structure of the Moral Concepts : An Essay in Propositional Deontic Logic

The Logical Structure of the Moral Concepts : An Essay in Propositional Deontic Logic

In this thesis, the main focus is on deontic logic as a tool for formal representation of moral reasoning in natural language. The simple standard system of deontic logic (SDL), i.e. the minimal Kripkean modal logic extended with the deontic axiom, stating that necessity (interpreted as obligation)...

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Main Author: Pettersson, Karl
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Uppsala universitet, Avdelningen för praktisk filosofi 2010
Subjects:
deontic logic
standard deontic logic (SDL)
deontic paradoxes
non-Kripkean modal logic
moral dilemmas
supererogation
Hector-Neri Castañeda
practitions
dyadic deontic logic
Practical philosophy
Praktisk filosofi
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