Imperatives as obligatory and permitted actions

Abstract

We present a dynamic deontic model for the interpretation of imperative sentences in terms of Obligation (O) and Permission (P). Under the view that imperatives prescribe actions and unlike the so-called "standard solution" (Huntley [10]) these operators act over actions rather that over statements. By distinguishing obligatory from non-obligatory actions we tackle the paradox of Free Choice Permission (FCP). © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2003.