Resolution of normative conflicts and paraconsistency in the William of Auxerre’s Summa aurea
Vol 14, No 2 (2013) • Filosofia Unisinos - Unisinos Journal of Philosophy
Autor: Guilherme Wyllie
Resumo:
William of Auxerre, in his Summa Aurea, focuses on the concept of moral perplexity (perplexitas), endeavoring to better clarify it by addressing several situations of normative conflict. In dealing with a sample of cases, he advances a resolution strategy that boils down to the adoption of the so called lesser evil principle as a criterion of choice aimed at picking out the most suitable solution among extant, conflicting alternatives. This approach is remarkable insofar as it adopts a quite adaptive standpoint on the occurrence of inconsistencies, avoids a trivialization of the underlying logic and does not completely surrender the inferential power of classical logic.
ISSN: ISSN: 1984-8234
Texto Completo: http://revistas.unisinos.br/index.php/filosofia/article/view/fsu.2013.142.05
Palavras-Chave: normative conflicts, paraconsistency,lesser e
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