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27 February, 2019
How to be an anti-capitalist for the 21st century

How to be an anti-capitalist for the 21st century

The American sociologist Erik Olin Wright was invited  to Stockholm for a talk in 2017 by the Institute for Futures Studies and Katalys. Moderator is Stefan Svallfors, and discussants are: Marika Lindg

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05 November, 2020
Equality and equity in Swedish education: policy, practice and historical perspectives

Equality and equity in Swedish education: policy, practice and historical perspectives

Björn Åstrand, Universitetslektor vid Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier vid Umeå universitet. Equality and equity in education is since long a key policy priority internationally as well as in

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09 September, 2020

Why Inflicting Disability is Wrong: The Mere Difference View and The Causation Based Objection

I The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Disability, Adam Cureton and David Wasserman (eds). Oxford: Oxford University Press (2020) Abstract This Handbook introduces philosophers, as well as other scholars

Type of publication: Chapters | Mosquera, Julia
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26 February, 2018

Moral Skepticism and the Benacerraf Challenge

In: D. Machuca (ed.), “Moral Skepticism: New Essays”, London: Routledge. Moral skepticism is at present a vibrant topic of philosophical inquiry. This collection of original essays will advance the ong

Type of publication: Chapters | Tersman, Folke
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24 August, 2020

Björn Åstrand: Equality and equity in Swedish education: policy, practice and historical perspectives

Björn Åstrand, Associate professor at Department of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies at Umeå University AbstractEquality and equity in education is since long a key policy priority intern

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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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10 October, 2022

Modelling in Normative Ethics

Ethical Theory and Moral Practice Abstract This is a paper about the methodology of normative ethics. I claim that much work in normative ethics can be interpreted as modelling, the form of inquiry fami

Type of publication: Journal articles | Roussos, Joe
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22 November, 2022

Rule-consequentialism, procreative freedom, and future generations

Ratio Abstract In this paper I analyse how procreative freedom poses a challenge for rule-consequentialism. First, I reconstruct the rule-consequentialist case for procreative freedom. Second, I argue t

Type of publication: Journal articles | Mosquera, Julia
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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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17 October, 2022

The Repugnant Conclusion: An Overview

In Stephen M. Gardiner (red), The Oxford Handbook of Intergenerational Justice, Oxford Academic. Abstract The repugnant conclusion can be formulated as follows: For any population consisting of people wi

Type of publication: Chapters | Arrhenius, Gustaf , Andersson, Emil
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