Agency and Deontic Logic

ISBN-13: 9780195391985 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 208 str.

John F. Horty

Opis

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.

Recenzje

Agency and Deontic Logic develops deontic logic against the background of a theory of agency in non-deterministic time. Horty tells a self-contained story without losing momentum by diving into the conceptual and technical details that are met along the way. His formulations are precise and clear, and he takes the time to put forward a wealth of concepts and ideas. We strongly recommend anyone interested in the philosophical and logical aspects of reasoning about oughts, agency, and action to get hold of a copy of this book.

O autorze

John Horty is a Professor in the Philosophy Department and the Institute for Advanced Computer Studies at the University of Maryland. He is the author of Frege on Definitions (Oxford, 2007) as well as papers on a variety of topics in logic, philosophy, and computer science.