gentle murder paradox

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English[edit]

Noun[edit]

gentle murder paradox

  1. A paradox of deontic logic, whereby the plausible statements (i) if you murder, you ought to murder gently, (ii) you do commit murder, and (iii) to murder gently you must murder imply the less plausible statement (iv) you ought to murder.
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=gentle_murder_paradox&oldid=78096909"