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22 October, 2013

The Naturalistic Fallacy Intuition

Kimmo Eriksson, Mälardalen University According to social intuitionist research, moral (or “injunctive”) norms are often not rationally motivated. Where do these norms come from then? We propose that o

Kimmo Eriksson, Mälardalen University
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10 March, 2016

Fair Chance and Modal Consequentialism

Economics and Philosophy, Volume 31, Issue 03, p. 371-395. Abstract This paper develops a Multidimensional Decision Theory and argues that it better captures ordinary intuitions about fair distribution o

Type of publication: Journal articles | Stefánsson, H. Orri
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17 April, 2019

A more plausible collapsing principle

Theoria, Volume 84, Issue 4. doi.org/10.1111/theo.12166 Abstract In 1997 John Broome presented the Collapsing Argument that was meant to establish that non‐conventional comparative relations (e.g., “par

Type of publication: Journal articles | Herlitz, Anders , & Henrik Andersson
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13 April, 2018
Malcolm Fairbrother

Malcolm Fairbrother

I am a professor of sociology at Uppsala University, and a researcher at the Institute for Futures Studies. I moved to Sweden in 2017, after spending ten years at Bristol University in the UK. Before

Professor, Sociology
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02 May, 2016

Egalitarian Concerns and Population Change

in Ole Frithjof Norheim (ed.) Measurement and Ethical Evaluation of Health Inequalities, Oxford: Oxford University Press. DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199931392.003.0007 We usually examine our considered

Type of publication: Chapters | Arrhenius, Gustaf
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19 December, 2023

Conference in honor of Professor Larry Temkin

Professor Larry Temkin, a prominent figure within moral philosophy, is retiring. His career was celebrated at a conference at Rutgers University by a number of notable speakers and participants. Our d

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18 March, 2024

POSTPONED UNTIL OCTOBER 16: Katharina Berndt Rasmussen: Bridging Gaps - A Theory of Discrimination

Venue: Institutet för framtidsstudier, Holländargatan 13, 4th floor, Stockholm, or online. Research seminar with Katharina Berndt Rasmussen, PhD. in Philosophy.AbstractDisputes about discrimination surf

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17 June, 2024

Katharina Berndt Rasmussen: Bridging Gaps - A Theory of Discrimination

Venue: Institutet för framtidsstudier, Holländargatan 13, 4th floor, Stockholm, or online. Research seminar with Katharina Berndt Rasmussen, PhD. in Philosophy.Register here >Abstract Disputes about d

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12 November, 2024
Katharina Berndt Rasmussen: Bridging Gaps - A Theory of Discrimination

Katharina Berndt Rasmussen: Bridging Gaps - A Theory of Discrimination

Research seminar with Katharina Berndt Rasmussen, PhD. in Philosophy. Disputes about discrimination surface time and again in the public debate: Is there such a thing as ”reverse discrimination” or ”S

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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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