Horton, Joe;
(2025)
Contrary-to-Duty Permission and Deontic Quantification.
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(In press).
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Abstract
There are well-known puzzles that arise when contrary-to-duty obligations are subjected to modus ponens. But there is another puzzling feature of these obligations that has not received any attention—they do not entail contrary-to-duty permissions. I aim to bring this puzzle under the spotlight by demonstrating its generality and depth, showing that the most natural ways of deflating it are unsatisfying, and indicating its relevance to theorizing about the semantics of the deontic terms.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Contrary-to-Duty Permission and Deontic Quantification |
| Publisher version: | https://academic.oup.com/analysis |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Dept of Philosophy |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10209446 |
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