Modeling Deontic Modal Logic in the s(CASP) Goal-directed Predicate Answer Set Programming System

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Main Authors: Gupta, Gopal, Rajasekharan, Abhiramon, Tudor, Alexis R., Salazar, Elmer, Arias, Joaquín
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author Gupta, Gopal
Rajasekharan, Abhiramon
Tudor, Alexis R.
Salazar, Elmer
Arias, Joaquín
author_facet Gupta, Gopal
Rajasekharan, Abhiramon
Tudor, Alexis R.
Salazar, Elmer
Arias, Joaquín
contents We consider the problem of implementing deontic modal logic. We show how (deontic) modal operators can be elegantly and directly expressed using default negation (negation-as-failure) and strong negation present in answer set programming (ASP). We propose using global constraints of ASP to represent obligations, prohibitions, and permissions in deontic modal logic. We show that our proposed representation results in the various decades-old paradoxes of deontic modal logic being simply and elegantly resolved. Our method also serves as a means for modeling conditional obligations and conditional prohibitions in knowledge representation.
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spellingShingle Modeling Deontic Modal Logic in the s(CASP) Goal-directed Predicate Answer Set Programming System
Gupta, Gopal
Rajasekharan, Abhiramon
Tudor, Alexis R.
Salazar, Elmer
Arias, Joaquín
Artificial Intelligence
Logic in Computer Science
We consider the problem of implementing deontic modal logic. We show how (deontic) modal operators can be elegantly and directly expressed using default negation (negation-as-failure) and strong negation present in answer set programming (ASP). We propose using global constraints of ASP to represent obligations, prohibitions, and permissions in deontic modal logic. We show that our proposed representation results in the various decades-old paradoxes of deontic modal logic being simply and elegantly resolved. Our method also serves as a means for modeling conditional obligations and conditional prohibitions in knowledge representation.
title Modeling Deontic Modal Logic in the s(CASP) Goal-directed Predicate Answer Set Programming System
topic Artificial Intelligence
Logic in Computer Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.05519