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17 October, 2022

Putting costs and benefits of ordeals together

Economics and Philosophy 37 Abstract This paper addresses how to think about the permissibility of introducing deadweight costs (so-called ‘ordeals’) on candidate recipients of goods in order to attain b

Type of publication: Journal articles | Herlitz, Anders
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04 September, 2020

The Impact of Human Health Co-benefits on Evalutaions of Global Climate Policy

Nature Communications  Abstract The health co-benefits of CO2 mitigation can provide a strong incentive for climate policy through reductions in air pollutant emissions that occur when targeting shared s

Type of publication: Journal articles | Spears, Dean , , Scovronick, Noah, Budolfson, Mark, Dennig, Francis, Errickson, Frank, Fleurbaey, Marc, Peng, Wei, Socolow, Robert H. & Fabian Wagner
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27 February, 2025

Climate Change, Historical Emissions, and Unjust Benefits: A Comment on Axel Gosseries’ Account of Climate Justice

Journal of Practical Ethics Abstract One of the claims Axel Gosseries makes in What is Intergenerational Justice? is that greenhouse gas emissions produced before 1990 are morally unimportant for presen

Type of publication: Journal articles | Duus-Otterström, Göran
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12 June, 2011

How Migration Can Benefit Development

Institutet för Framtidsstudiers skriftserie: Framtidens samhälle nr 5, 2006 Migration can make positive contributions to the economic development of poor countries, but needs to be incorporated into th

Type of publication: IFFS reports | Eds. Kristof Tamas and Joakim Palme
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02 February, 2018

For Whose Benefit? The Biological and Cultural Evolution of Human Cooperation

Springer, New York. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-50874-0 This book takes the reader on a journey, navigating the enigmatic aspects of cooperation; a journey that starts inside the body and continues via our

Type of publication: Books | Lindenfors, Patrik
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11 July, 2019

The choice of new private and benefit cars vs. climate and transportation policy in Sweden

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 69, pp. 276-292, doi: 10.1016/j.trd.2019.02.008 Abstract Dedicated to show climate leadership, Sweden has committed to cut 70% of greenhouse-gas

Type of publication: Journal articles | Engström, Emma , , Staffan Algers & Muriel Beser Hugosson
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24 June, 2025

Towards Successful Industrial Policy on AI in Healthcare: Establishing the Conditions for Future Public Benefit

AI Policy Lab at Umeå University Abstract This paper explores how pro-active government policies could promote artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare for the public good. Building on insights from t

Type of publication: Working papers | Tucker, Jason , & E. Maggor
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29 September, 2010

The Nordic Welfare Model in a European Perspective

From a comparative point of view the Nordic countries have succeeded well in terms of poverty alleviation; however, last-resort safety-nets are changing. This study analyses central dimensions of Nord

Type of publication: Working papers | Susan Kuivalainen and Kenneth Nelson
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04 July, 2025

Democratic duties. Why we should vote to rectify political injustice

Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy  Abstract This paper argues that voters have duties of political justice to rectify imperfections in the democratic process, specifically

Type of publication: Journal articles | Beckman, Ludvig
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14 January, 2025

Productive Justice in the 'Post-Work Future'

In: Mosquera, J. & O. Torpman (ed.), Studies on Climate Ethics and Future Generations vol. 6. Working Paper Series 2024:10–17 Abstract Justice in production is concerned with ensuring the benefits and

Type of publication: Working papers | Finneron-Burns, Elizabeth , , Caleb Althorpe
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