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11 September, 2020

Why Wear Blinders? Boonin and the Narrow Approach to the Non-identity Problem

Law, Ethics and Philosophy vol. 7, 102-126 Abstract Boonin endorses reasoning that leads to what he calls the Implausible Conclusion regarding when future-directed choices that at first glance seem to i

Type of publication: Journal articles | Roberts, Melinda A.
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17 April, 2019

The indispensability of sufficientarianism

Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, published online. doi.org/10.1080/13698230.2018.1479817 Abstract In this paper, I argue that sufficientarian principles are indispensabl

Type of publication: Journal articles | Herlitz, Anders
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16 September, 2024

Managing values in climate science

Plos Climate Abstract Climate science has been deeply affected by social and political values in the last fifty years [1]. If we focus on climate denial and obfuscation, we might see the influence of va

Type of publication: Journal articles | Roussos, Joe
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19 April, 2017

A popular misapplication of evolutionary modeling to the study of human cooperation

Evolution and Human Behavior, Volume 38, Issue 3, Pages 421–427. Abstract To examine the evolutionary basis of a behavior, an established approach (known as the phenotypic gambit) is to assume that the b

Type of publication: Journal articles | Eriksson, Kimmo , & Daniel Cownden. Strimling, Pontus , & Daniel Cownden.
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10 October, 2022

Symposium on the ethics of economic ordeals: Introduction

Economics and Philosophy 37 Abstract Economic ordeals are allocation mechanisms that impose non-financial ‘deadweight costs to qualify for a transfer’ (Nichols and Zeckhauser 1982: 372). Examples include

Type of publication: Journal articles | Herlitz, Anders , & Nir Eyal
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17 November, 2015

Wlodek Rabinowicz: Aggregation of value judgments differs from aggregation of preferences

Wlodek Rabinowicz, Senior Professor of Practical Philosophy at Lund university and Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics ABSTRACTIn this talk I focus on a contrast between aggregation

Wlodek Rabinowicz, Senior Professor of Practical Philosophy at Lund university and Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics
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01 December, 2022

Shame or hope? How should we feel about climate change?

Is it okay to enjoy warmer summers, given they are caused by climate change? Should we feel shame when we fly? Is anxiety an overreaction, or a rational response to the current climate crisis? There i

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