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30 October, 2019

Incommensurability: Vagueness, Parity and other Non-Conventional Comparative Relations

The workshop will focus on how one can account for value incommensurability, its implications for ethical theory and decision theory.

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30 October, 2019

Incommensurability: Vagueness, Parity and other Non-Conventional Comparative Relations

The workshop will focus on how one can account for value incommensurability, its implications for ethical theory and decision theory.

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28 April, 2017

From Categories to Categorization: A Social Perspective on Market Categorization

Research in the Sociology of Organizations, Volume 51, 2017 Abstract The popularity of research into categories has grown in recent decades and shows no sign of abating. This introductory article takes

Type of publication: Journal articles | Tyllström, Anna , , Rodolphe Durand & Nina Granqvist
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19 June, 2019

Consequentialism and Robust Goods

Utilitas, 1–9, doi:10.1017/S0953820819000116 Abstract In this article, I critique the moral theory developed in Philip Pettit’s The Robust Demands of the Good: Ethics with Attachment, Virtue, and Respecvirtue and respect. I argue that Robust-Goods Consequentialism fails because it implies very implausible value judgements.

Type of publication: Journal articles | Andric, Vuko
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01 January, 2010

Information dynamics shape the sexual networks of Internet-mediated prostitution

2010. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107:5706-5711. Abstract Like many other social phenomena, prostitution is increasingly coordinated over the Internet. The online behavior affects the offline activity; the r

Type of publication: Journal articles |
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23 September, 2024

Religion and mental health in young adulthood: a register-based study on differences by religious affiliation in sickness absence due to mental disorders in Finlan

Epidemiology & Community Health vol. 78, issue 6 Abstract BackgroundReligiosity and spirituality are known to be positively correlated with health. This is the first study to analyse the interrelatio

Type of publication: Journal articles | Kolk, Martin , Reini, K.S. & J. Saarela
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02 February, 2015

Robert Erikson: Happiness or Resources?

Robert Erikson, professor at the Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI), Stockholm University. "Happiness or resources? On quality of life measures for official use" The seminar is based on prelim

Robert Erikson, professor at the Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI), Stockholm University.
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