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Political Double Standards in Reliance on Moral Foundations
Judgment abd Decision Making Abstract Prior research using the Moral Foundations Questionnaire (MFQ) has established that political ideology is associated with self-reported reliance on specific moral f
Completed: Foundations of Behavioral Economics and the Nudge Agenda
This project will examine what behavioral economics and the nudge agenda are, to get a better understanding of contemporary economics and where it is heading.
Completed: Preferences for coordination - their function and evolutionary foundation
Using behavioral game theory, this project aims to provide a deeper understanding of how collective action decisions are made and why people make the choices they do.
The Oxford Handbook of Analytical Sociology
2009. Oxford University Press. Table of Contents Foundations1: Peter Hedström and Peter Bearman: What is analytical sociology all about? An introductory essay by Peter Hedström2: Peter Hedström and Lars Udéhn:
Great expectations
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (The Swedish Foundation for Humanities and Social Sciences), the foundation arranged the seminar "Great expectations", on the future
Group differences in broadness of values may drive dynamics of public opinion on moral issues
Mathematical Social Sciences, 77, 1-8. Abstract Here we propose the idea that the success of an argument in favor of an issue position should depend on whether the argument resonates with the audience’s
Funding received for research projects about democracy and equality
Last week the institute was granted 8 million SEK by the Wallenberg Foundations for two research projects that will go on for four years. The boundary problem in democratic theory. Gustaf Arrhenius was g
Improving on and assessing ethical guidelines for digital tracking and tracing systems for pandemics
Ethics and Information Technology Abstract So-called digital tracking and tracing systems (DTTSs) have been proposed as a means to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2. There are ethical guidelines and eval
What can be understood, what can be compared, and what counts as context? Studying lawmaking in world history
In: Arne Jarrick, Janken Myrdal, Maria Wallenberg-Bondesson (eds.). Methods in world history. A critical approach. Lund: Nordic Academic Press. Methods in World Historyis the first international volume
Hilary Greaves
I am a Professor of Philosophy, and Director of the Global Priorities Institute, at the University of Oxford. My current research focuses on various issues in moral philosophy. My interests include: fo.
