Concept tag
#contrary-to-duty
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Our safety manual tells us what to do after we’ve broken a safety rule. Is that a paradox?
I drive a gantry crane at the container port in Marseille and I'm a union delegate, so I read the safety manual more carefully than most. Rule 1: never enter the exclusion zone under a suspended load. Rule 2: if you find…
Started by Hugo Marchetti4 replies190 views -
Chisholm’s contrary-to-duty paradox: why exactly do four sensible sentences become inconsistent?
I litigate housing cases in Johannesburg, so most of my working life is spent on what is owed when someone has already failed to do what they should: the landlord who evicted unlawfully, the municipality that didn't provide alternative accommodation. Remedies, in…
Started by Thandeka Mokoena3 replies166 views