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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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06 April, 2022

The nature and dangers of conspiracy theories

(This is a closed workshop) Program: Karen Douglas, 10.00-11.15, “The psychology of conspiracy theories”. Daniel Cohnitz, 11.15-12.30, “Conspiracy Theory Reconsidered: Generalism vs Particularism” Sandwic

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30 September, 2014

Climate change: Life and death

John Broome, White's Professor of Moral Philosophy The international community has agreed on the aim of avoiding dangerous interference with the climate system. Determining what level of interference i

John Broome, White's Professor of Moral Philosophy
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11 July, 2019

Strategies for an unfriendly oracle AI with reset button

in: Artificial Intelligence Safety and Security (ed. Roman Yampolskiy), CRC Press. Abstract Developing a superintelligent AI might be very dangerous if it turns out to be unfriendly, in the sense of hav

Type of publication: Chapters | Häggström, Olle
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24 February, 2017

A monster in the making. On the euro crisis and democracy

What started off as a political project aimed at strengthening democracies has become an economic project in crisis that undermines democracy. That is how economist Matthias Matthijs describes the Eur

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10 January, 2014

The Dangers of Ethnocentrism

Giangiacomo Bravo, professor at Linnéuniversitetet Humans often alter their behavior depending on the opponent's group membership, with positive (e.g., support of same-group members) or negative (e.g.,

Giangiacomo Bravo, professor at Linnéuniversitetet
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20 June, 2019

Towards a Theory of Pure Procedural Climate Justice

Journal of Applied Philosophy, published online first, doi.org/10.1111/japp.12357 Abstract A challenge for the theorising of climate justice is that even when the agents whose actions are supposed to be r

Type of publication: Journal articles | Brandstedt, Eric , & Bengt Brülde
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18 September, 2019

The Case for Emissions Egalitarianism

Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, vol. 22, no 2., doi.org/10.1007/s10677-019-10016-8 Abstract There is a fixed limit on the greenhouse gas emissions that the atmosphere can absorb before triggering dang

Type of publication: Journal articles |
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20 December, 2024

Never eat a Pigeon with a Pumpkin: a model for the emergence and fixation of unsupported beliefs

This work was presented at the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery 2023, and a shortened form of the paper is Chapter 30 in Food Rules and Rituals: Proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Coo

Type of publication: Other | Sandberg, Anders , & Len Fisher
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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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