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17 April, 2019

The indispensability of sufficientarianism

Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, published online. doi.org/10.1080/13698230.2018.1479817 Abstract In this paper, I argue that sufficientarian principles are indispensabl

Type of publication: Journal articles | Herlitz, Anders
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10 October, 2022

Modelling in Normative Ethics

Ethical Theory and Moral Practice Abstract This is a paper about the methodology of normative ethics. I claim that much work in normative ethics can be interpreted as modelling, the form of inquiry fami

Type of publication: Journal articles | Roussos, Joe
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04 October, 2019

Completed: Tipping Point

A multiartistic performative sculpture to visualize the complex connection between our decisions today and the living conditions for future generations.

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15 May, 2018

Individual and Collective Duties to Rescue

The ongoing refugee crisis in Europe, along with calls for intervention in conflicts in Syria and elsewhere, has pushed discussion of duties to rescue into the political spotlight. At the same time, t

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15 January, 2020

Completed: Written meaning

The purpose of the project is to stimulate and discuss knowledge-based text production alongside the dominant academic formats, to contribute to more animated writing and readable texts by scholars, and thereby enlarge their audience.

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23 March, 2015

Law or fist? An interview on the Social Democrats and political resistance

How do you organize political resistance? Is it reasonable to use non-democratic methods to protect a democratic society? And how do you get everyone in a large organization to agree on a common strat

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03 May, 2018

Julia Driver: Schadenfreude

Professor Julia Driver, Dept. of Philosophy, Washington University in St. Louis.ABSTRACT One typical definition of "schadenfreude" is:   "a feeling of enjoyment that comes from seeing or hearing about the

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20 March, 2003

Cohort Effects on Earning Profiles: Evidence from Sweden

This paper estimates cohort size effects on earning profiles and whether these are affected by an individual’s position in the Swedish Baby Boom and Baby Busts. Amongst other, it is found that higher

Type of publication: Working papers | Susanne Dahlberg and Ruth-Aïda Nahum
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11 January, 2016

Completed: Valuing future lives

How should we value future lives when making decisions? This question is directly relevant to for example prioritisation in health care, population control, climate change, and existential risk (the survival of animal species and humanity).

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04 July, 2016

Learning to play

In 2007, the Swedish gambling agency ran a simple gambling game called LIMBO. Gamblers were invited to stake 10 kronor on a number of their choice between 1 and 99,999. The person choosing the smalles

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