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The Paradoxes of Deontic Logic: Alive and Kicking
Author(s) -
HANSEN JÖRG
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
theoria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.34
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 1755-2567
pISSN - 0040-5825
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-2567.2006.tb00958.x
Subject(s) - deontic logic , normal modal logic , modal logic , obligation , modal , epistemology , philosophy , inheritance (genetic algorithm) , computer science , law , political science , gene , chemistry , biochemistry , polymer chemistry
In a recent paper, Sven Danielsson argued that the ‘original paradoxes' of deontic logic, in particular Ross's paradox and Prior's paradox of derived obligation, can be solved by restricting the modal inheritance rule. I argue that this does not solve the paradoxes.