# Formalisation and Evaluation of Alan Gewirth's Proof for the Principle of Generic Consistency in Isabelle/HOL

 Title: Formalisation and Evaluation of Alan Gewirth's Proof for the Principle of Generic Consistency in Isabelle/HOL Authors: David Fuenmayor (davfuenmayor /at/ gmail /dot/ com) and Christoph Benzmüller Submission date: 2018-10-30 Abstract: An ambitious ethical theory ---Alan Gewirth's "Principle of Generic Consistency"--- is encoded and analysed in Isabelle/HOL. Gewirth's theory has stirred much attention in philosophy and ethics and has been proposed as a potential means to bound the impact of artificial general intelligence. Change history: [2019-04-09]: added proof for a stronger variant of the PGC and examplary inferences (revision 88182cb0a2f6) BibTeX: @article{GewirthPGCProof-AFP, author = {David Fuenmayor and Christoph Benzmüller}, title = {Formalisation and Evaluation of Alan Gewirth's Proof for the Principle of Generic Consistency in Isabelle/HOL}, journal = {Archive of Formal Proofs}, month = oct, year = 2018, note = {\url{http://isa-afp.org/entries/GewirthPGCProof.html}, Formal proof development}, ISSN = {2150-914x}, } License: BSD License