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Paul McNamara

Disciplines:
ethics
deontic logic

Summary

American philosopher who has worked on deontic logic and the logic of supererogation — actions that are praiseworthy but not required.

Core Contribution

Contributed to the formal analysis of supererogation within deontic logic — showing that standard deontic logic cannot represent the distinction between the obligatory and the supererogatory and proposing extensions.

Notable Works & Achievements

Supererogation, Its Obligatoriness and Its Deontic Logic

Historical Influences

Georg Henrik von Wright Risto Hilpinen

Intellectual Lineage

Deontic Logic

Contemporaries & Peers

No recorded contemporaries.

Minds Influenced

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Intellectual Posterity

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