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DOI: 10.4230/DagSemProc.09351.4
URN: urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-22296
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Broersen, Jan M.

Deontic Epistemic stit Logic Distinguishing Modes of `Mens Rea'

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Abstract

Most juridical systems contain the principle that an act is only unlaw-
ful if the agent conducting the act has a `guilty mind' (`mens rea'). Dif-
ferent law systems distinguish different modes of mens rea. For instance,
American law distinguishes between `knowingly' performing a criminal
act, `recklessness', `strict liability', etc. I will show we can formalize several
of these categories. The formalism I use is a complete stit-logic featuring
operators for stit-actions taking effect in `next' states, S5-knowledge op-
erators and SDL-type obligation operators. The different modes of `mens
rea' correspond to the violation conditions of different types of obligation
definable in the logic.

BibTeX - Entry

@InProceedings{broersen:DagSemProc.09351.4,
  author =	{Broersen, Jan M.},
  title =	{{Deontic Epistemic stit Logic Distinguishing Modes of `Mens Rea'}},
  booktitle =	{Information processing, rational belief change and social interaction},
  pages =	{1--22},
  series =	{Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings (DagSemProc)},
  ISSN =	{1862-4405},
  year =	{2009},
  volume =	{9351},
  editor =	{Giacomo Bonanno and James Delgrande and Hans Rott},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/opus/volltexte/2009/2229},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-22296},
  doi =		{10.4230/DagSemProc.09351.4},
  annote =	{Keywords: Product update, agency, stit theory, knowingly doing}
}

Keywords: Product update, agency, stit theory, knowingly doing
Collection: 09351 - Information processing, rational belief change and social interaction
Issue Date: 2009
Date of publication: 04.11.2009

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