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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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20 April, 2021
Richard Arneson: Should we reward the deserving? Some puzzles

Richard Arneson: Should we reward the deserving? Some puzzles

Do plausible fundamental principles of justice incorporate the idea of rewarding the deserving? Utilitarianism is famously indifferent between a world in which saints fare badly and scoundrels fare we

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22 January, 2018

Luc Bovens: Secular Hopes in the Face of Death

Professor, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. ABSTRACT We will discuss various questions concerning secular hopes in the face of death, that is, hopes other than the hope for eternal life.  What

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22 January, 2020

David Sumpter: Reasons why we should NOT worry about fake news, echo chambers, filter bubbles and Cambridge Analytica

David Sumpter, Professor of Applied Maths at Uppsala University Abstract Much of the recent media reporting about social media has revolved around the potential dangers. Terms such as fake news, filter

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03 November, 2021

Maria Ojala: Hope in the face of climate change. Wishful thinking or an existential must?

Maria Ojala is Associate Professor (docent) in psychology at Örebro University. Her research interest mainly concerns how young people think, feel, act, cope, learn and communicate about climate chang

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11 March, 2021

“I just want to be the friendly face of national socialism” The turn to civility in the cultural expressions of neo-Nazism in Sweden

in: Nordicom Review, Volume 42: Issue S1This article is based on a case study of the media narratives of the neo-Nazi organisation Nordic Resistance Movement (NRM) and situates this particular actor w

Type of publication: Journal articles | Askanius, Tina
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21 January, 2021

Richard Arneson: Should we reward the deserving? Some puzzles

Richard Arneson is a political philosopher with a special interest in theories of social justice.  AbstractDo plausible fundamental principles of justice incorporate the idea of rewarding the deserving?

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14 February, 2011

Long-term Care Insurance in Germany

Arbetsrapport 2011 nr. 13 Hur kan vi organisera och finansiera äldreomsorgen i framtiden med en åldrande befolkning? Den tyska äldreomsorgsförsäkring som infördes 1995/96 utgör ett intressant alternati

Type of publication: Working papers | Hildegard Theobald
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10 May, 2004

Welfare Enhancing Marginal Tax Rates: The Case of Publicly Provided Day Care

This paper highlights the role of tax funding of day care for children and demonstrates that the optimal income tax should face all agents with the cost of the needed day care in order to earn further

Type of publication: Working papers | Sören Blomquist and Vidar Christiansen
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06 January, 2010

Private Financing of Elder Care in Sweden. Arguments for and Against

This paper outlines recent developments in private provision of elder care services and examines arguments and actors for increasing private financing, both supportive and dissenting. The purpose is t

Type of publication: Working papers | Gabrielle Meagher and Marta Szebehely
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