Agency and deontic logic

著者

• Horty, John Francis

書誌事項

Agency and deontic logic

John F. Horty

Oxford University Press, 2009, c2001

• : pbk

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-187) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

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.

目次

• 1. OVERVIEW
• 2. INDETERMINISM AND AGENCY
• 2.1 Branching time
• 2.1.1 Frames and Models
• 2.1.2 2.1.2 Propositions
• 2.2 Individual agency
• 2.2.1 Agents and choices
• 2.2.2 Stit operators
• 2.2.3 Some logical considerations
• 2.3 Individual ability
• 2.3.1 Kenny's objections
• 2.3.2 Brown's theory
• 2.3.3 Refraining and ability
• 2.4 Group agency and ability
• 2.4.1 Group actions
• 2.4.2 A group agency operator
• 3. OUGHT TO BE
• 3.1 The standard theory
• 3.2 A utilitarian theory
• 3.2.1 General models
• 3.2.2 Utilitarian models
• 3.2.3 Logic of the utilitarian ought
• 3.3 The Meinong/Chisholm analysis
• 3.3.1 The analysis
• 3.3.2 Some logical features
• 3.4 Evaluating the analysis
• 3.4.1 Agency in the complement
• 3.4.2 The gambling problem
• 4. OUGHT TO DO
• 4.1 Dominance
• 4.1.1 Ordering the propositions
• 4.1.2 A sure-thing argument
• 4.1.3 Ordering the actions
• 4.2 Dominance act utilitarianism
• 4.2.1 Optimal actions
• 4.2.2 The finite choice condition
• 4.3 A new deontic operator
• 4.3.1 The definition
• 4.3.2 Deontic logic and act utilitarianism
• 4.3.3 Logic of the dominance ought
• 4.4 Independence
• 4.4.1 Independence and conditionals
• 4.4.2 Conditionals and sure-thing reasoning
• 4.4.3 Refining the analysis
• 5. CONDITIONAL OUGHTS
• 5.1 Conditionally optimal actions
• 5.2 A conditional operator
• 5.2.1 The definition
• 5.2.2 Some logical considerations
• 5.3 Two patterns of argument
• 5.3.1 The action argument
• 5.3.2 The ought argument
• 5.4 Orthodox act utilitarianism
• 5.4.1 An example
• 5.4.2 The definition
• 5.4.3 An orthodox deontic operator
• 6. GROUP OUGHTS
• 6.1 Optimal group actions
• 6.2 Individual and group act utilitarianism
• 6.3 Deontic operators for group oughts
• 6.3.1 Definitions
• 6.3.2 Some logical points
• 6.4 Rule utilitarianism
• 6.4.1 Formulating the theory
• 6.4.2 Act and rule utilitarianism
• 7. STRATEGIC OUGHTS
• 7.1 Strategies
• 7.1.1 Basic idea
• 7.1.2 Limiting the range
• 7.2 Strategies and choices
• 7.2.1 Agency
• 7.2.2 Ability
• 7.3 Strategic dominance and optimality
• 7.3.1 Dominance
• 7.3.2 Optimality
• 7.4 A strategic ought operator
• 7.4.1 The definition
• 7.4.2 Logical points
• 7.4.3 Actualism and possibilism
• A. Proofs of validities and propositions
• A.1 Validities
• A.2 Propositions
• Bibliography
• Index

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA91625832
• ISBN:
  • 9780195391985
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Oxford, [U.K.]
• ページ数/冊数: xi, 192 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : BC145
  • DC22 : 160
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Deontic logic
  • LCSH : Agent (Philosophy)