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11 September, 2020

Edge Precoloring Extension of Hypercubes

Journal of Graph Theory Abstract We consider the problem of extending partial edge colorings of hypercubes. In particular, we obtain an analogue of the positive solution to the famous Evans' conjecture

Type of publication: Journal articles | Markström, Klas , , Casselgren, Carl Johan & Lan Anh Pham
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31 October, 2022

Freedom, Equality, and Justifiability to All: Reinterpreting Liberal Legitimacy

The Journal of Ethics Abstract According to John Rawls’s famous Liberal Principle of Legitimacy, the exercise of political power is legitimate only if it is justifiable to all citizens. The currently dominternalistexternalistinclusive

Type of publication: Journal articles | Andersson, Emil
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14 January, 2025

Escaping the Impossibility Theorems in Population Ethics

In: Mosquera, J. & O. Torpman (ed.),Studies on Climate Ethics and Future Generations vol. 6. Working Paper Series 2024:10–17 Abstract Decision-makers are in a hurry to find morally justified response

Type of publication: Working papers | Bykvist, Krister
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02 September, 2016

Marc Fleurbaey: Is social progress around the corner? Insights from IPSP

Marc Fleurbaey, Robert E. Kuenne Professor of Economics and Humanistic Studies, Princeton University and Professor of Public Affairs and the University Center for Human Values ABSTRACTThe International

Marc Fleurbaey, Robert E. Kuenne Professor of Economics and Humanistic Studies
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19 December, 2023

Lea Ypi: Can beauty save the world? On historical injustice, reconciliation and the role of aesthetic education

Venue: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13, Stockholm, or online.  Research seminar with Lea Ypi, Professor in Political Theory at the London School of Economics and Political Science and an

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04 March, 2024
Lea Ypi: Can beauty save the world? On historical injustice, reconciliation and aesthetic education

Lea Ypi: Can beauty save the world? On historical injustice, reconciliation and aesthetic education

'Beautiful world! Where hast thou gone?" asks Friedrich Schiller in his famous poem The Gods of Greece. He laments the loss of harmony in a world divided by injustice both past and present. In this le

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10 April, 2017

Basic income: A tool for justice or an unfair redistribution of resources?

What does it really mean when scientists and politicians are talking about basic income? Basic income is comparable to a general and unconditional income guarantee. Such an income guarantee is based o

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23 September, 2022

Moral Disagreement

The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2021 Edition) ABSTRACT Appeals to moral disagreement have figured in philosophical discussions since antiquity, especially regarding questions about the nat, 14). It is often dubious to characterize the thoughts of ancient philosophers by using distinctions and terminologies that have emerged much later. Still, it is tempting to take Sextus to offer an argument against the metaethical position known as “moral realism” and its central thesis that there are moral truths which are objective in the sense that they are independent of human practices and thinking.

Type of publication: Journal articles | Tersman, Folke
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16 November, 2016

Mikael Holmqvist: Djursholm – Sweden’s Leader Community

Mikael Holmqvist is Associate Professor of Sociology and Professor of Management at Stockholm University. ABSTRACTAll around the world there are ”leader communities”, i.e., places where leaders choose

Mikael Holmqvist is Associate Professor of Sociology and Professor of Management at Stockholm University.
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24 March, 2017

How to be an anti-capitalist today

The American sociologist Erik Olin Wright lecture on "How to be an Anti-Capitalist in the 21st Century". What are the reasons to be "anti-capitalist" and what does this really mean? Is it still possibl

The American sociologist Erik Olin Wright lecture on "How to be an Anti-Capitalist in the 21st Century".
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