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Asymmetric Obligations [PDF]

open access: possibleSSRN Electronic Journal, 2011
We use a laboratory experiment to investigate the behavioral effects of obligations that are not backed by binding deterrent incentives. To implement such expressive law' we introduce different levels of very weakly incentivized, symmetric and asymmetric minimum contribution levels (obligations) in a repeated public goods experiment.
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Agency and obligation

Synthese, 1996
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Obligations and Permissions

Language and Linguistics Compass, 2012
AbstractUtterances and statements that are concerned with obligations and permissions are known as deontic expressions. They can present something of a challenge when it comes to formalising their meaning and behaviour. The content of these expressions can appear to support entailment relations similar to those of classical propositions, but such ...
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Delegation of obligations

Proceedings Third International Workshop on Policies for Distributed Systems and Networks, 2003
Obligation policies are one main means of exercising control within an organisation. They specify the actions that some subject has to perform. The authority over these actions needs to be specified in authorisation policies. Current policy notations provide us with the needed structure to represent authorisations and obligations as policy objects for ...
Andreas Schaad, Jonathan D. Moffett
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On Obligations, Relativised Obligations, and Bilateral Commitments

2001
This paper presents a formalisation of obligations for BDI agents. Although a lot of effort has been put into studying the properties of B(elief)D(esire)I(ntention) logics, little has been done to incorporate a deontic component into such logics. We identify two broad categories of obligations: general obligations which express normative statements ...
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Much Obliged

The Journal of the American Dental Association, 1997
Dentists have a legal and ethical responsibility to provide their patients with appropriate care. Limits written into a patient's insurance plan may not absolve dentists of that responsibility.
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