Agential obligation as non-agential personal obligation plus agency

Journal of Applied Logic

Volumn 2, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 117-152

  McNamara, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Aggregation; Conflicting obligation; Deontic logic; Van Fraassen's puzzle

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; THEOREM PROVING;

CONFLICTING OBLIGATION; DEONTIC LOGIC; VAN FRAASEN PUZZLE;

FORMAL LOGIC;

EID: 10944252451     PISSN: 15708683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jal.2004.01.006     Document Type: Article

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