Agency and Deontic Logic

Erscheinungsjahr 2001
ISBN: 978-0-19-513461-2
Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 235 mm x 159 mm, Gewicht: 466 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Horty, John F.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophische Logik, Argumentationstheorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung