@InProceedings{Torre02WhatIsA,
  Title                    = {What is a normative goal?},
  Author                   = {Dastani, M. and van der Torre, L.},
  Booktitle                = {Proceedings of RASTA'02, Bologna},
  Year                     = {2002},

  Abstract                 = {In this paper we are interested in developing goal-based normative agent ar-
chitectures. We ask ourselves the question what a normative goal is. To answer
this question we introduce a qualitative normative decision theory based on belief
(B) and obligation (O) rules. We show that every agent which makes optimal deci-
sions – which we call a BO rational agent – acts as if it is maximizing its achieved
normative goals. This is the basis of our design of goal-based normative agents.
},
  Url                      = {http://icr.uni.lu/leonvandertorre/papers/WhatIsANormGoal.pdf}
}