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Desirability of Conditionals
Synthese, Volume 193, Issue 6, pp. 1967–1981DOI: 10.1007/s11229-015-0823-0 Abstract This paper explores the different ways in which conditionals can be carriers of good and bad news. I suggest a general
Counterfactual Desirability
The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 68(2), 2017: 485-533. Abstract The desirability of what actually occurs is often influenced by what could have been. Preferences based on such value de
Hedonism, Desirability and the Incompleteness Objection
Thought, doi.org/10.1002/tht3.410 Abstract Hedonism claims that all and only pleasure is intrinsically good. One worry about Hedonism focuses on the “only” part: Are there not things other than pleasure
Explaining the reliability of moral beliefs
p.:37-57 in: Ethics and Explanation (eds. W. Leibowitz and N. Sinclair), Oxford: Oxford University Press. More information about the book Ethics and Explanation
Environmental Co-governance, Legitimacy, and the Quest for Compliance: When and Why is Stakeholder Participation Desirable?
Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, 18 (3), 306-323. Abstract Deliberative forms of stakeholder participation have been widely embraced as a key measure for addressing legitimacy deficits and
Bookseminar - The new wave of basic income experiments (webinar)
Place: Register for this online seminar. Shortly before the seminar you will receive a link to the webinar and instructions on how to ask questions to the authors. This seminar will be held in English We
Competition: Your vision of a positive future
The Paris Institute for Advanced Study and the 2100 Fondation in partnership with the Institute for Futures Studiesare launching the first Positive Future competition in order to encourage the elaboration
Human Enhancement and Technological Uncertainty. Essays on the Promise and Peril of Emerging Technology
Doctoral thesis. KTH Royal Institute of Technology.ISBN 978-91 7595-341-0 Abstract Essay I explores brain machine interface (BMI) technologies. These make direct connection between the brain and a machi
Anca Gheaus: Feminism, basic income and equal opportunities
Anca Gheaus, Ramon y Cajal researcher at the Department of law, Universitat Pompeu Fabra ABSTRACTFeminists have always been divided about the desirability of a basic income. It is likely that a basic i
Fair Chance and Modal Consequentialism
Economics and Philosophy, Volume 31, Issue 03, p. 371-395. Abstract This paper develops a Multidimensional Decision Theory and argues that it better captures ordinary intuitions about fair distribution o