competes with

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http://proethica.org/ontology/core#competesWith
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  • competes with
Definition

Relates an obligation to another obligation with which it stands in normative tension within a case. Symmetric: if O1 competes with O2 then O2 competes with O1. Does not itself specify which obligation prevails; use prevailsOver for the directed resolution.

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Properties
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object
Characteristics
Symmetric
@prefix dcterms: <http://purl.org/dc/terms/> . @prefix iao: <http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IAO_> . @prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> . @prefix proeth-core: <http://proethica.org/ontology/core#> . @prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> . @prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> . proeth-core:competesWith a owl:ObjectProperty, owl:SymmetricProperty ; rdfs:label "competes with"@en ; iao:0000119 "Anderson and Anderson (2011). A Prima Facie Duty Approach to Machine Ethics: Machine Learning of Features of Ethical Dilemmas, Prima Facie Duties, and Decision Principles through a Dialogue with Ethicists. In Machine Ethics. Cambridge University Press: 476-492 (doi:10.1017/CBO9780511978036.032).", "Ross and Stratton-Lake (2007). The Right and the Good. Clarendon Press." ; dcterms:source <https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511978036.032> ; rdfs:comment "Relates an obligation to another obligation with which it stands in normative tension within a case. Symmetric: if O1 competes with O2 then O2 competes with O1. Does not itself specify which obligation prevails; use prevailsOver for the directed resolution."@en ; rdfs:domain proeth-core:Obligation ; rdfs:range proeth-core:Obligation ; skos:definition "Links two Obligations that are in direct normative competition within a case scenario."@en ; skos:scopeNote "Typical pattern: an obligation derived from one Principle competes with an obligation derived from another Principle of the same professional code, or with an obligation that inherits from a role-level constraint. The competition structure follows the prima facie duty account: several duties can bear on one situation, each binding unless overridden by another in the circumstances (Ross and Stratton-Lake 2007); Anderson and Anderson (2011) formalize prima facie duties computationally."@en .
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2026-07-07 17:15