ABSTRACT

This work represents an attempt to show that standard systems of deontic logic (taken as attempts to codify normal deontic reasoning) run into a number of difficulties. It also presents a new system of deontic logic and argues that it is free from the shortcomings of standard systems.

chapter |8 pages

Introduction

part |2 pages

Part I: Problems of Standard Deontic Logic

part |2 pages

Part II: A New Deontic Logic

chapter 11|15 pages

Rights and What Ought to Be

chapter 12|9 pages

Can Duties Be Multiplied Beyond Necessity?

chapter 14|34 pages

A New Deontic Semantics

part |2 pages

Part III: Deontic Logic and Practical Reasoning

chapter 16|14 pages

Deontic Logic and Practical Reasoning