Taking Ross's Paradox Seriously A note on the original problems of deontic logic

Theoria 71 (1):20-28 (2005)
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It is argued that Ross's Paradox in deontic logic is a problem which should be taken seriously, and which can be given a solution which also solves some other wellknown paradoxes and the traditional problems with conditional obligation.

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10.1111/j.1755-2567.2005.tb01002.x

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