LUW May 27: Meha Mishra, On the Conceptual Limits of Standard Deontic Logic

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The next session of the Logica Universalis Webinar will take place Wednesday May 27 at 4pm CET (Paris, Geneva, Rome)

Speaker: Meha Mishra

https://philpeople.org/profiles/meha-mishra

Title: On the Conceptual Limits of Standard Deontic Logic

Abstract: Deontic logic aims to formulate moral concepts consisting of

obligation, permission, and prohibition. Although the standard system
of deontic logic (SDL) has long provided a fundamental framework for
this kind of formalization, its application to non-ideal normative contexts
continues to provide challenges. This paper provides a conceptual
examination of SDL by analyzing its fundamental principles, semantic
assumptions, and well-known paradoxes. The analysis emphasizes how
moral conflicts and contrary-to-duty imperatives reveal structural tensions
within conventional deontic frameworks, with a focus on classic
paradoxes like the Chisholm and Ross paradoxes. The paper seeks to
explain these challenges and demonstrate how they represent deeper
conceptual constraints in modeling normative reasoning using idealized
modal logics, rather than suggesting a new logical system. The main
contribution of the paper is therefore clarificatory: it situates the limits
of SDL in the context of larger philosophical discussions on moral
conflict and normative consistency.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11787-026-00407-8

Associate organization:

School of Liberal Studies and Media, 

University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, India

presented by its director Pankaj Singh

Chair: Raja Natarajan, Editorial Board Logica Universalis

Everybody is welcome to join, register here:

https://cassyni.com/events/8URWf6c9tPqcHkQpWuWQg5

Jean-Yves Beziau, Editor-in-Chief Logica Universalis

Organizer of the Logica Universalis Webinar

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