deontic logic

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   the modal logic of obligation and permissibility

   Broadermodal logic

Questions about deontic logic

What does deontic logic mean?

deontic logic means "the modal logic of obligation and permissibility".

Is deontic logic a common word?

deontic logic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.