;; gentle murderer paradox things ;; It is obligatory (under the law) that Smith not murder Jones. (modalAttribute (not (exists (?M) (and (instance ?M Murder) (agent ?M Smith) (suffers ?M Jones)))) Obligation) ;; It is obligatory that, if Smith murders Jones, Smith murder Jones gently. ;; it logically follows that: (modalAttribute (=> (and (instance ?M Murder) (agent ?M Smith) (suffers ?M Jones)) (manner ?M Gentle)) Obligation) ;; If Smith murders Jones, it is obligatory, that Smith murder Jones gently. (=> (and (instance ?M Murder) (agent ?M Smith) (suffers ?M Jones)) (modalAttribute (manner ?M Gentle) Obligation)) ;; However, if it were actually the case that Smith murdered Jones, (exists (?M) (and (instance ?M Murder) (agent ?M Smith) (suffers ?M Jones))) ;; it can then be deduced that: (modalAttribute (exists (?M) (and (instance ?M Murder) (agent ?M Smith) (suffers ?M Jones))) Obligation) ;; It is obligatory, that Smith murder Jones ;; which contradicts the first statement, leading to a logical fallacy.[4]