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29 January, 2024
Andreas Gustafsson

Andreas Gustafsson

I work as a research assistant in the SEMI project. I study integration and education with a focus on study choice and study outcomes among youth and young adults with Swedish and foreign backgrounds. . I have BSc in Biology, with focus on ecology and evolutionary biology, and a MSc in Sociological Demography from Stockholm University. I also work at the Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) at Stockholm University.

MSc, Demography, BSc, Biology
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26 November, 2018
Johan E. Gustafsson

Johan E. Gustafsson

I am a Senior Lecturer at the University of Gothenburg and a Lecturer at the University of York. My research focuses on theoretical problems in ethics, value theory, and political philosophy. I also w

Associate Professor, Philosophy
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28 June, 2022

Becoming a business student: Negotiating identity and social contacts during the first three months of an elite business education

Institute for Futures Studies, working paper 2022:13, 23 pages. We know that informal networks explain differences in career success. Historical differences in business careers of men and women have fr

Type of publication: Working papers | Tyllström, Anna , , Gustafsson, Nils & Gergei Farkas
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13 January, 2020

Liberal Nationalism - David Miller, Gina Gustavsson, Yael Tamir, Philippe van Parijs

Registration: The seminar is free of charge but you need to register: Click here The seminar will be held in English Several studies show that citizens in North America and Europe have strong emotional ti These questions are the focus of two new books: Liberal Nationalism and Its Critics, and Why Nationalism. We have the great honor to bring together the authors of these books on February 5: David Miller, Gina Gustavsson and Yael Tamir. They will together with political philosopher Philippe van Parijs discuss these topics. The evening is moderated by Lars Anell (Frisinnade klubben, former chairman at Swedish Research Council). Gustaf Arrhenius (Professor of Philosophy and Director at the Institute for Futures Studies) and Bengt Westerberg (Frisinnade klubben, former party leader of the Liberal People's Party) says welcome.   : Professor of political theory, Oxford University. The one person most associated with the term “Liberal Nationalism”. Recently published Liberal Nationalism and Its Critics with Gina Gustavsson. : Associate Professor of political science, Uppsala University and Nuffield College, Oxford University. : PhD in political theory, Oxford University. Wrote the much talked about book Liberal Nationalism in 1993. Recently published the book Why Nationalism. Political philosopher from Belgium, one of the world’s most prominent scholars on Universal Basic Income (UBI).

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06 March, 2019

The Difference Principle Would Not Be Chosen behind the Veil of Ignorance.

The Journal of Philosophy 115 (11):588-604, DOI: 10.5840/jphil20181151134 Abstract John Rawls argues that the Difference Principle (also known as the Maximin Equity Criterion) would be chosen by parties

Type of publication: Journal articles | Gustafsson, Johan E.
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17 March, 2021

A Paradox for the Intrinsic Value of Freedom of Choice

in Noûs, Volume 34:4 AbstractA standard liberal claim is that freedom of choice is not only instrumentally valuable but also intrinsically valuable, that is, valuable for its own sake. I argue that eac

Type of publication: Journal articles | Gustafsson, Johan E.
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17 March, 2021

A patch to the possibility part of Gödel’s Ontological Proof

in Analysis, Volume 80, Issue 2 AbstractKurt Gödel’s version of the Ontological Proof derives rather than assumes the crucial (yet controversial) Possibility Claim, that is, the claim that it is possib

Type of publication: Journal articles | Gustafsson, Johan E.
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17 March, 2021

Dennett and Taylor’s alleged refutation of the Consequence Argument

in: Analysis, Volume 80, Issue 3 AbstractDaniel C. Dennett has long maintained that the Consequence Argument for incompatibilism is confused. In a joint work with Christopher Taylor, he claims to have

Type of publication: Journal articles | Gustafsson, Johan E.
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17 March, 2021

Population axiology and the possibility of a fourth category of absolute value

i:  Economics and Philosophy Vol. 36:1 AbstractCritical-Range Utilitarianism is a variant of Total Utilitarianism which can avoid both the Repugnant Conclusion and the Sadistic Conclusion in population

Type of publication: Journal articles | Gustafsson, Johan E.
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12 October, 2021

Utilitarianism without Moral Aggregation

Canadian Journal of Philosophy (2021), 51: 4, 256–269 Is an outcome where many people are saved and one person dies better than an outcome where the one is saved and the many die? According to the stan

Type of publication: Journal articles | Gustafsson, Johan E.
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