Title:
Deontic Logic in a Reason-Based Semantics
Abstract:
In the last two decades, the development of truthmaker semantics for systems of deontic logic has attracted the attention of various scholars. Independently, the idea that reasons are the basic elements grounding obligations, and deontic notions in general, has led to the introduction of several reason-based deontic systems. This talk introduces a novel framework that bridges these two traditions by grounding deontic logic in a truthmaker-based approach to reasons.
In the first part of the talk, I will present a hyperintensional reason-based deontic logic, while remaining neutral with respect to the kind of deliberative procedure an agent might employ in a deontic context. This neutrality is motivated by the idea that, regardless of the procedure adopted, the resulting logic should remain the same. In the second part, I aim to show that the previously outlined account can be adapted to model a decision-making procedure based on a priority ordering among reasons.