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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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25 November, 2024

Artificial Intelligence, Datafication and Exploring the Minimum Content of Nationality

The Statelessness & Citizenship Review, 6(1), 124-129 COMMENTARY: Introduction Identifying the minimum content of nationality (‘MCN’), the inalienable core elements or conditions of citizenship witho

Type of publication: Journal articles | Tucker, Jason
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23 September, 2022

Moral Disagreement

The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2021 Edition) ABSTRACT Appeals to moral disagreement have figured in philosophical discussions since antiquity, especially regarding questions about the nat, 14). It is often dubious to characterize the thoughts of ancient philosophers by using distinctions and terminologies that have emerged much later. Still, it is tempting to take Sextus to offer an argument against the metaethical position known as “moral realism” and its central thesis that there are moral truths which are objective in the sense that they are independent of human practices and thinking.

Type of publication: Journal articles | Tersman, Folke
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14 September, 2023

Geoengineering – a serious alternative or a dangerous idea?

Geoengineering is a term used to describe techniques for large-scale manipulation of the climate to reduce the Earth's average temperature. These controversial ideas are now being debated more extensi

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