Logic of violations: A Gentzen system for reasoning with contrary-to-duty obligations

Guido Governatori, Antonino Rotolo

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Abstract

In this paper we present a Gentzen system for reasoning with contrary-to-duty obligations. The intuition behind the system is that a contrary-to-duty is a special kind of normative exception. The logical machinery to formalise this idea is taken from substructural logics and it is based on the definition of a new non-classical connective capturing the notion of reparational obligation. Then the system is tested against well-known contrary-to-duty paradoxes.
Original languageEnglish
Number of pages24
JournalThe Australasian Journal of Logic
Volume4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2006

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