On \textit{prima facie} obligations and nonmonotonicity

DOI10.1007/S10992-007-9056-0MaRDI QIDQ2454878zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Kent Hurtig

Publication date 22 October 2007

Published in Journal of Philosophical Logic (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s10992-007-9056-0

zbMATH Keywords

deontic logicnonmonotonic logicprime facie obligation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) Modal logic (including the logic of norms) (03B45) Other nonclassical logic (03B60)

Review text

This brief paper challenges the claim, as expressed by \textit{D. Nute} and \textit{X. Yu} [``Introduction, in: D. Nute (ed.), Defeasible deontic logic. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. Synth. Libr. 263, 1--16 (1997; Zbl 0913.03008)], that the notion of \textit{prima facie} obligation ``cries out for a defeasible or nonmonotonic analysis. The argument is cogent, though more philosophical than formal, especially as the notion of \textit{prima facie} obligation is understood in terms of \textit{pro tanto} reasons for acting. The paper does not explore whether theories of nonmonotonic reasoning might have other useful applications in deontic logic.

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