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26 June, 2018

Refusing to acknowledge the problem: Interests of the few, implications for the many.

In: G. Sosa-Nunez, & E. Atkins (Eds). E-IR Edited Collections: Environment, climate change and international relations. E-International Relations Publishing. Read more about Edited Collection – Envi

Type of publication: Chapters | Jylhä, Kirsti
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06 March, 2020

Defining Information Security

Science and Engineering Ethics 25(2): 419–444. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-017-9992-1. Abstract This article proposes a new definition of information security, the ‘Appropriate Access’ definition. Apar

Type of publication: Journal articles | Lundgren, Björn , & Möller, N
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06 March, 2020

Defining Social Housing: A Discussion on the Suitable Criteria

Housing, Theory and Society 36(2): 149–166. doi.org/10.1080/14036096.2018.1459826. Abstract The term social housing has been characterized as a “floating signifier”, i.e. a term with no agreed-upon meanin

Type of publication: Journal articles | Lundgren, Björn , & Granath Hansson, A.
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26 April, 2022

Defining disability and the role of the disability and the medical communities

Theoria Abstract Definitions of disabilityare useful for different purposes and carry normative significance. However, defining disability has proven a difficult task. Communities with different theoreti

Type of publication: Journal articles | Mosquera, Julia
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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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11 April, 2018

Talk about climate change so everyone listens!

In six months libraries and schools will once again be transformed into voting stations and the Swedish people will vote for the Sweden they want for the next four years. A question that has been on p

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12 December, 2018

The intelligence explosion revisited

Foresight, doi.org/10.1108/FS-04-2018-0042  Abstract PurposeThe claim that super intelligent machines constitute a major existential risk was recently defended in Nick Bostrom’s book Superintelligence and

Type of publication: Journal articles | Jebari, Karim , & Joakim Lundborg
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09 March, 2016

The implications of learning across perceptually and strategically distinct situations

Synthese, 1-18. Abstract Game theory is a formal approach to behavior that focuses on the strategic aspect of situations. The game theoretic approach originates in economics but has been embraced by sch

Type of publication: Journal articles | Strimling, Pontus , , Cownden, D Eriksson, Kimmo , , Cownden, D
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28 August, 2015

Anders Sandberg: The Survival Curve of Our Species: Handling Global Catastrophic and Existential Risks

Anders Sandberg, Future of Humanity Institute, Oxford University ABSTRACTHow likely is humanity to be severely damaged by a global disaster, or go extinct? How bad would it be? This talk will review wo

Anders Sandberg, Future of Humanity Institute, Oxford University
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