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28 April, 2025

Deep moral disagreements and defective contexts

Synthese Abstract The key characteristic of deep disagreements is that any attempt to resolve them just reveals new points of disagreement that stem from underlying commitments. Many moral disagreementsInformal LogicSemantics and Pragmatics

Type of publication: Journal articles | Björkholm, Stina
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26 August, 2021

Avia Pasternak: Violent Protests and the Proportionality Test

Research seminar with Avia Pasternak, Associate Professor in Political Theory at University College London. REGISTER HERE TO GET A MEETING LINK AbstractViolent protestors against state injustice typical

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11 January, 2016

Helen Frowe

I am Wallenberg Academy Research Fellow in the Department of Philosophy at Stockholm University, where I direct the Stockholm Centre for the Ethics of War and Peace. Read more about Helen Frowe. Recently

PhD, Philosophy and Wallenberg Academy Research Fellow
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21 April, 2016

Jeff McMahan: Against Collective Responsibility

White’s Professor of Moral Philosophy, Corpus Christi College at the University of Oxford ABSTRACTMany people believe that collectives of certain kinds, such as corporations and states, are entities ca

White’s Professor of Moral Philosophy, Corpus Christi College at the University of Oxford
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10 December, 2024

In defense of value incomparability: A reply to Dorr, Nebel, and Zuehl

Noûs Abstract Cian Dorr, Jacob Nebel, and Jake Zuehl have argued that no objects are incomparable in value. One set of arguments they offer depart from a principle they call ‘Strong Monotonicity’, which

Type of publication: Journal articles | Risberg, Olle , & E. Carlsson
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16 January, 2025
The conversational context and conceptual engineering

The conversational context and conceptual engineering

Conceptual engineering concerns what it is for a concept to be defective and therefor ameliorated or abolished. The goal of this project, however, is to shift the focus to the role of the context, which might help us understand conflicts about the meaning of our words.

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04 September, 2020

Using Models to Predict Cultural Evolution From Emotional Selection Mechanisms

Emotion Review Abstract Cultural variants may spread by being more appealing, more memorable, or less offensive than other cultural variants. Empirical studies suggest that such “emotional selection” is

Type of publication: Journal articles | Strimling, Pontus , Eriksson, Kimmo
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07 September, 2022
Completed: Dilemmas of democratic self-defense in European public broadcasting

Completed: Dilemmas of democratic self-defense in European public broadcasting

This project examines how public broadcasting organizations have responded to the growing presence of broadly defined populist and extremist parties.

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20 September, 2024

Seeking a reflective equilibrium in the face of disagreement

Synthese, vol. 204, 86 Abstract How is someone who seeks a reflective equilibrium to respond upon learning that others disagree with her? Regrettably, not much attention has been devoted to that questio

Type of publication: Journal articles | Tersman, Folke
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01 November, 2023

Public broadcasting and democracy’s defense: responses to far-right parties in Germany and Sweden

Democratization, vol 30, issue 6 Abstract This article studies the response by public sphere institutions in democratic societies to far-right parties, focusing specifically on public broadcasting organ

Type of publication: Journal articles | Hien, Josef , & Ludvig Norman
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