 Some authors have refused to view Mally’s deontic logic as a “real” deontic system and say that they “mention it only by way of curiosity” (Meyer and Wieringa 1993, p. 4). The above shows that this judgment is too harsh. It is only a small step, not a giant leap, from Mally’s system to modern systems of deontic logic, so Mally’s pioneering effort deserves rehabilitation rather than contempt.