A Decidable Multi-agent Logic for Reasoning About Actions, Instruments, and Norms
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Lyon, T
Olivieri, F
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We formally introduce a novel, yet ubiquitous, category of norms: norms of instrumentality. Norms of this category describe which actions are obligatory, or prohibited, as instruments for certain purposes. We propose the Logic of Agency and Norms (LAN) that enables reasoning about actions, instrumentality, and normative principles in a multi-agent setting. Leveraging LAN, we formalize norms of instrumentality and compare them to two prevalent norm categories: norms to be and norms to do. Last, we pose principles relating the three categories and evaluate their validity vis-à-vis notions of deliberative acting. On a technical note, the logic will be shown decidable via the finite model property.
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Lecture Notes in Computer Science
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© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com
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van Berkel, K; Lyon, T; Olivieri, F, A Decidable Multi-agent Logic for Reasoning About Actions, Instruments, and Norms, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2020, 12061, pp. 219-241