When a conflict of duties arises, a resolution is often sought by determining an ordering of priority or importance. This paper examines how such a conflict resolution works, compa...
Abstract. The sentences of deontic logic may be understood as describing what an agent ought to do when faced with a given set of norms. If these norms come into conflict, the bes...
Often a set of imperatives or norms seems satisfiable from the outset, but conflicts arise when ways to fulfill all are ruled out by unfortunate circumstances. Semantic methods to ...