John Horty effectively develops deontic logic (the logic of ethical concepts like obligation and permission) against the background of a formal theory of agency. He incorporates certain elements of decision theory to set out a new deontic account of what agents ought to do under various conditions over extended periods of time. Offering a conceptual rather than technical emphasis, Horty's framework allows a number of recent issues from moral theory to be set out clearly and discussed from a uniform point of view.
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"This is an excellent book. It makes an original and important contribution to deontic logic." --Journal of Logic, Language, and Information
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John F. Horty is at University of Maryland.
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The purpose of this study is to explore a new deontic logic for representing and reasoning about what agents ought to do, a notion that must be distinguished from that of what ought to be the case. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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- The Nicomachean Ethics (Oxford World's Classics) by Aristotle on page 15, page 26, and page 116
- Formal Logic by Arthur N. Prior in Back Matter
- Explanation and Understanding (Contemporary Philosophy) by G.H. Von Wright in Back Matter
- Deontic Logic: Introductory and Systematic Readings (Synthese Library) by R. Hilpinen in Back Matter
- Logical Theory and Semantic Analysis: Essays Dedicated to Stig Kanger on his Fiftieth Birthday (Synthese Library) by S. Stenlund in Back Matter
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- The Blackwell Guide to Philosophical Logic (Blackwell Philosophy Guides) by Lou Goble on page 179, and page 181
- Computational Logic in Multi-Agent Systems: 5th International Workshop, CLIMA V, Lisbon, Portugal, September 29-30, 2004, Revised Selected and Invited ... / Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence) by Joăo Leite on page 160
- Formal Approaches to Agent-Based Systems: Second International Workshop, FAABS 2002, Greenbelt, MD, USA, October 29-31, 2002, Revised Papers (Lecture ... / Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence) by Michael G. Hinchey on page 161
- Deontic Logic in Computer Science: 7th International Workshop on Deontic Logic in Computer Science, DEON 2004, Madeira, Portugal, May 26-28, 2004. ... / Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence) by Alessio Lomuscio in Back Matter
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