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15 February, 2016

Donatella Della Porta: Antiausterity protests in Europe and beyond: bringing capitalist back into social movement studies

Donatella Della Porta, Professor of Sociology at Scuola normale superiore, and Director of the Centre of Social Movements Studies. ABSTRACTSocial movement studies have developed a useful kit of concept

Donatella Della Porta, Professor of Sociology in the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the European University Institute, and professor of Political science at the Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane
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22 January, 2018

Lea Ypi: On dominated dominators

Professor in Political Theory in the Government Department, London School of Economics. ABSTRACT This paper explores the case of dominated dominators as a way of understanding structural domination. I s

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10 April, 2017

A future without Down syndrome? Ethical reflections on the development of technology

Have you used prenatal testing to determine if the fetus you or your partner is carrying has Down’s syndrome? If the answer is yes, you are not alone. The interest in genetic screening for Down’s synd

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12 February, 2016
Ludvig Beckman

Ludvig Beckman

I am Professor in Political Science at Stockholm University. In 2000 I defended my dissertation at Uppsala University. I participate in the research project "The Boundary Problem in Democratic Theory" t

Professor, Political Science
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13 September, 2016
Martin Kolk

Martin Kolk

I am a demographer with an interest in all major demographic processes (fertility, mortality, union formation, and migration), often with an intergenerational component. I am also interested in if the

Associate Professor, Demography
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21 October, 2015

Should Extinction Be Forever?

Should Extinction Be Forever?, Philosophy and Technology, First online: 17 october 2015 This article will explore a problem which is related to our moral obligations towards species. Although the re-cr, (6128), 32–33, ). This article will provide an argument in favour of re-creation based on normative considerations. The environmentalist community generally accepts that it is wrong to exterminate species, for reasons beyond any instrumental value these species may have. It is often also claimed that humanity has a collective responsibility to either preserve or at least to not exterminate species. These two beliefs are here assumed to be correct. The argument presented here departs from and places these two ideas in a deontological framework, from which it is argued that when humanity causes the extinction of a species, this is a moral transgression, entailing a residual obligation. Such an obligation implies a positive duty to mitigate any harm caused by our moral failure. In light of recent scientific progress in the field of genetic engineering, it will be argued that humanity has a prima facie obligation to re-create species whose extinction mankind may have caused, also known as de-extinction.

Type of publication: Journal articles | Jebari, Karim
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08 April, 2020

Where there is trust, there is testing

In the US, levels of Covid-19 testing have varied greatly between states. But there seems to be a pattern. According to a new study by Malcolm Fairbrother, researcher at Institute for Futures Studies, , states with high levels of social trust and social capital performs more Covid-19 tests.  

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04 July, 2016

Factors affecting the spread of mental health problems in schools

Diagnoses for psychiatric disorders such as ADHD and various depressive disorders are steadily climbing in Sweden and other developed nations. This is particularly worrisome in populations of school chil

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