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13 March, 2014

Educational institutions as mating markets: The case of Sweden

Juho Härkönen, Stockholm University Schools are considered efficient mating markets--that is, structured social settings in which partners meet--and feature prominently in explanations for patterns in

Juho Härkönen, Stockholms Universitet
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02 May, 2016

Population Ethics and Different-Number-Based Imprecision

Theoria, Volume 82, Issue 2,p. 166–181,May 2016. DOI: 10.1111/theo.12094 Abstract Recently, in his Rolf Schock Prize Lecture, Derek Parfit has suggested a novel way of avoiding the Repugnant Conclusion

Type of publication: Journal articles | Arrhenius, Gustaf
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26 June, 2018

Radical right-wing parties in Europe: What populism got to do with it?

Journal of Language and Politics, Volume 16, Issue 4, pp. 485–496. Abstract In this paper I discuss, critically, the literature on populism and the extent to which it applies to the contemporary radical

Type of publication: Journal articles | Rydgren, Jens
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19 June, 2019

Consequentialism and Robust Goods

Utilitas, 1–9, doi:10.1017/S0953820819000116 Abstract In this article, I critique the moral theory developed in Philip Pettit’s The Robust Demands of the Good: Ethics with Attachment, Virtue, and Respecvirtue and respect. I argue that Robust-Goods Consequentialism fails because it implies very implausible value judgements.

Type of publication: Journal articles | Andric, Vuko
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17 September, 2024

Problems for Moral Debunkers: On the Logic and Limits of Empirically Informed Ethics, written by Peter Königs

International Journal for the Study of Skepticism Review of Peter Königs,Problems for Moral Debunkers: On the Logic and Limits of Empirically Informed Ethics. Berlin & Boston: De Gruyter, 2022. Pp.: 9783110750171.

Type of publication: Journal articles | Risberg, Olle
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23 September, 2024

Chapter 26: The evolution of legal positivism: Reflections on continuity and discontinuity in the positivist tradition

In Zaluski, W., Bourgeois-Gironde, S. & A. Dyrda (eds.) Research Handbook on Legal Evolution. Elgar Abstract This chapter maps the evolution of legal positivism (LP) with an eye to both continuous and

Type of publication: Chapters | Mindus, Patricia
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26 January, 2023

Rodney Edvinsson: An Economic Philosophy of Production, Work and Consumption

Place: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13, Stockholm or onlineREGISTERResearch seminar with Rodney Edvinsson, professor of economic history, Stockholm University.ABSTRACTThe book An Econom presents a new transhistorical framework of defining production, work and consumption. It shows that they all share the common feature of intentional physical transformation of something external to the agent, at some point in time.

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17 June, 2019

Emergent Cultural Differences in Online Communities’ Norms of Fairness

Games and Cultures, doi.org/10.1177/1555412018800650  Abstract Unpredictable social dynamics can dominate social outcomes even in carefully designed societies like online multiplayer games. According to

Type of publication: Journal articles | Strimling, Pontus , & Frey, S.
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03 September, 2020

How is 'Organized Crime' Organized?

I Organization outside Organizations, red. Göran Ahrne. Cambridge Core. The book explores how various social settings are partially organized even when they do not form part of a formal organization. It

Type of publication: Chapters | Rostami, Amir , & Göran Ahrne
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23 September, 2024

Kinship, heritage and ethnic choice: ethnolinguistic registration across four generations in contemporary Finland

European Sociological Review Abstract We studied how individuals’ ethnolinguistic affiliation relates to the ethnolinguistic structure of kinship in contemporary Finland, a society in which Finnish-spea

Type of publication: Working papers | Kolk, Martin , Saarela, J. & O. Obucina
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