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Journal of Applied Logic

Volume 3, Issues 3–4, September 2005, Pages 461-483
Journal of Applied Logic

A logic for deontic dilemmas

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Abstract

The possibility of deontic dilemmas poses a significant problem for deontic logic. Here I review some proposals to resolve this problem, and then offer a new account. This is a simple modification of standard deontic logic that enables the system to accommodate deontic dilemmas without inconsistency and without deontic explosion, while at the same time accounting for the range of genuinely valid inferences.

Keywords

Deontic dilemmas
Normative conflict
Deontic explosion
Aggregation
Modal inheritance

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