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20 November, 2018

Committing to Priorities: Incompleteness in Macro-Level Health Care Allocation and Its Implications

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 43: 724-745. Abstract This article argues that values that apply to health care allocation entail the possibility of “spectrum arguments,” and that it is plausible that

Type of publication: Journal articles | Herlitz, Anders
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06 September, 2019

Per Krusell: The Role of Economic Analysis in Combatting Climate Change

Per Krusell, Professor of Economics at Stockholm University. Abstract The science is clear: Present global warming is caused by CO2 emissions from human activities. In order to avoid the big problems th

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01 March, 2016

The Phenomenology of Specialization of Criminal Suspects

Abstract A criminal career can be either general, with the criminal committing different types of crimes, or specialized, with the criminal committing a specific type of crime. A central problem in the

Type of publication: Journal articles | Edling, Christofer , , Michele Tumminello, Rosario N. Mantegna, Jerzy Sarnecki
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01 September, 2017

What is risk aversion?

The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, doi.org/10.1093/bjps/axx035 Abstract According to the orthodox treatment of risk preferences in decision theory, they are to be explained in terms of th

Type of publication: Journal articles | Stefánsson, H. Orri , & Richard Bradley
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21 January, 2021

Richard Arneson: Should we reward the deserving? Some puzzles

Richard Arneson is a political philosopher with a special interest in theories of social justice.  AbstractDo plausible fundamental principles of justice incorporate the idea of rewarding the deserving?

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13 November, 2024

“Time to Abandon Swedish Women”: Discursive Connections Between Misogyny and White Supremacy in Sweden

International Journal of Communication 18(2024) Abstract This article explores the discursive linkages between violent misogyny and violent rightwingextremism in the popular Swedish online discussion foranonymous and relatively unmoderated commenting. Empirically, it focuses on thearticulations of misogyny and anti-feminism mapped onto extreme right ideology includingwhite supremacism in user comments posted across 16 Flashback threads. To analyze theextensive data set, we first drew on a collocation analysis of user comments (N = 20,359)scraped from a strategic selection of threads. From this sample we chose 36 combinationsto be considered for a closer reading. In the second analytical step, critical discourseanalysis coupled with the Essex School’s logics approach helped us unpack the logics ofconspiracy and male entitlement, as well as the fantasmatic projections of Swedish womenas both “race traitors” and “victims” at the heart of extreme right discourse in and beyondSweden today.

Type of publication: Journal articles | Askanius, Tina , Maria Brock, Anne Kaun & Anders Olof Larsson
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20 January, 2020
A Climate Bank to Combat Climate Change: A conversation between John Broome & Gustaf Arrhenius podcast

A Climate Bank to Combat Climate Change: A conversation between John Broome & Gustaf Arrhenius

Reducing emissions and combatting climate change now will be of huge value for the coming generations. In principle this value could be used to fund the huge green investment loans needed today in ord

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08 September, 2022

Completed: Deterrence in violent extremism

Can violent extremism be countered with harsher punishments? This project aims to evaluate strategies within the criminal justice system to counter violent extremism.

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11 February, 2015

Göran Duus-Otterström: Historical Emissions and Climate Justice

Senior lecturer Göran Duus-Otterström at the University of Gothenburg. ABSTRACT A common view in the discussion of climate change is that the polluter should pay. The costs associated with combatting cl

Senior lecturer Göran Duus-Otterström vid Göteborgs universitet.
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