Basic Action Deontic Logic

Giordani, Alessandro and Canavotto, Ilaria (2016): Basic Action Deontic Logic. In: Roy, Olivier; Tamminga, Allard and Willer, Malte (eds.) : Deontic Logic and Normative Systems: 13th International Conference, DEON 2016, Bayreuth, Germany, July 18-21, 2016. College Publications. pp. 80-92

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to introduce a system of dynamic deontic logic in which the main problems related to the deFinition of deontic concepts, especially those emerging from a standard analysis of permission in terms of possibility of doing an action without incurring in a violation of the law, are solved. The basic idea is to introduce two crucial distinctions allowing us to differentiate (i) what is ideal with respect to a given code, which fixes the types of action that are abstractly prescribed, and what is ideal with respect to the specific situation in which the agent acts, and (ii) the transitions associated with actions and the results of actions, which can obtain even without the action being performed.

• Item Type: Book Section
• Faculties: Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Religious Science > Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP)
• ISBN: 978-1-84890-215-2
• Language: English