Being Good and Being Logical: Philosophical Groundwork for a New Deontic Logic

This work represents an attempt to show that standard systems of deontic logic (taken as attempts to codify normal deontic reasoning) run into a number of difficulties. It also presents a new system of deontic logic and argues that it is free from the shortcomings of standard systems. he new context and character of public service require a "skills triangle" of technical, ethical, and