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social science subjects > social research > philosophy and the social sciences > logic and social science > deontic logic and agency
social science subjects > social research > philosophy and the social sciences > philosophy of action > deontic logic and agency
other subjects > arts and humanities > philosophy > philosophy of action > deontic logic and agency

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deontic logic and agency  

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  • Deontic Logic is the branch of formal logic that aims to model the reasoning of agents who are subject to obligations, prohibitions, and permissions relative to a normative system. Agency is the philosophical term for an agent's capacity to influence the possible courses of history our world can take. [Source: Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Social Sciences; Deontic Logic and Agency]

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