Being Good and Being Logical : Philosophical Groundwork for a New Deontic Logic.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: Problems of Standard Deontic Logic -- Chapter 1: What Is Deontic Logic, and Why Should I Care? -- Chapter 2: Standard Deontic Logic -- Chapter 3: What Is Left for Deontic Logic? -- Chapter 4: 'Ought to Be' and 'Ought to Do' -- 1. The Two Kinds of 'Ought' Statements Differ in Meaning -- 2. The Two Kinds of 'Ought' Statements Have Different Logical Behavior -- 3. The Two Kinds of' Ought' Statements Do Not Imply Each Other -- 4. The Connection Between Counterpart 'Ought' Statements Is One of Pragmatics -- Chapter 5: Why Deontic Logic Needs a Semantics -- Chapter 6: The SDL Semantics of 'Ought to Do' Statements I: Deontically Accessible Worlds -- Chapter 7: The SDL Semantics of 'Ought to Do' Statements II: The Principle of Backward Translation -- 1. The Importance of Backward Translation -- 2. 'Ought' and 'Necessary' -- 3. Iterated and Nested Oughts -- 4. Solt's Problem -- 5. The Assertibility Problem -- Chapter 8: The SDL Semantics of 'Ought to Do' Statements III: Epistemic Problems -- Chapter 9: New Light on Old Problems -- Chapter 10: The Semantics of 'Ought to Be' Statements -- Part II: A New Deontic Logic -- Chapter 11: Rights and What Ought to Be -- Chapter 12: Can Duties Be Multiplied Beyond Necessity? -- Chapter 13: Moral Realism and the Need for a New Semantics -- Chapter 14: A New Deontic Semantics -- 1. Development of the New Semantics -- 2. Statement of the New Semantics -- 3. Preliminary Justification of NDL Semantics -- Chapter 15: Being Good and Being Logical: What Deontic Logic Ought to Be -- 1. Formation Rules of NDL -- 2. Inference Rules of NDL -- 3. Asserted Propositions -- 4. Unasserted Propositions -- 5. Justification of NDL -- Part III: Deontic Logic and Practical Reasoning.

Chapter 16: Deontic Logic and Practical Reasoning -- Appendix 1: The Systems SDL and NDL -- Appendix 2: A Note on Quantification -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

This work represents an attempt to show that standard systems of deontic logic (taken as attempts to codify normal deontic reasoning) run into a number of difficulties. It also presents a new system of deontic logic and argues that it is free from the shortcomings of standard systems.

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