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09 April, 2019

Climate Change and Optimum Population

The Monist, Volume 102, Issue 1, pages: 42-65. doi.org/10.1093/monist/ony021 Abstract It is often claimed that reducing population size would be advantageous for climate change mitigation, on the ground

Type of publication: Journal articles | Greaves, Hilary
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19 March, 2021

#MeToo, Social Norms, and Sanctions

in: The Journal of Political Philosophy, Volume 28:3, s. 273-295 (2020) In October 2017, following the Harvey Weinstein scandal, US actress Alyssa Milano called upon victims of sexual harassment to uni

Type of publication: Journal articles | Berndt Rasmussen, Katharina , & Nicolas Olsson Yaouzis
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26 September, 2022

Beyond Uncertainty. Reasoning with Unknown Possibilities

Cambridge University Press The main aim of this Element is to introduce the topic of limited awareness, and changes in awareness, to those interested in the philosophy of decision-making and uncertain

Type of publication: Books | Stefánsson, H. Orri , Steele, Katie
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08 May, 2024
The Future as a Political Idea - Professor Jonathan White

The Future as a Political Idea - Professor Jonathan White

Introduction to Jonathan White's new book In the Long Run: the Future as a Political Idea. A revealing history of the future as a political idea, from the Enlightenment to the current climate crisis.

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19 January, 2024

(NEW SEMINAR REPLACING LUKAS MEYER) > Jonathan White: In the Long Run - the Future as a Political Idea

Venue: Institutet för framtidsstudier, Holländargatan 13, 4th floor, Stockholm, or online. Research seminar with Jonathan White, Professor of Politics, London School of Economics. -- Please note that thi

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14 May, 2014

Three days of separation

The idea that we are only six introductions away from any other person on this planet is both beautiful and compelling. It has inspired research, provided inspiration to a film starring Will Smith and.

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22 January, 2021

Nondeterminacy, cycles and rational choice

in: Analysis (2020) Volume 80:3. AbstractA notorious problem that has recently received increased attention in axiology, normative theory and population ethics is the apparent ubiquity of what can be g. This paper illustrates how nondeterminacy can spawn cyclical rankings. So, accepting that practical reasons can admit of nondeterminacy challenges the widely held idea that ‘better than’ is transitive. As a result, standard approaches to rational choice under nondeterminacy fail to be action-guiding, since in some situations all options are dominated, that is, impermissible according to standard rational choice criteria.

Type of publication: Journal articles | Herlitz, Anders
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23 September, 2022

Do Offenders Deserve Proportionate Punishments?

Criminal Law & Philosophy Abstract The aim of the paper is to investigate how retributivists should respond to the apparent tension between moral desert and proportionality in punishment. I argue th

Type of publication: Journal articles | Duus-Otterström, Göran
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01 October, 2020

The Nonidentity Problem

The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2019 edition), Zalta, E. (red.). https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2019/entries/nonidentity-problem The nonidentity problem raises questions regardin

Type of publication: Other | Roberts, Melinda A.
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20 November, 2023
Hidden convergence in ethics

Hidden convergence in ethics

Ethics has for a long time been dominated by several competing traditions. But is it entirely true that these traditions have not moved closer with time. That is what this project aims to investigate.

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