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17 October, 2019

Completed: Numbers: The relevance of empirical results for philosophy

The purpose of this project is to investigate the relevance of empirical results for the philosophy of mathematics.

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17 October, 2022

Distributive justice, social cooperation, and the basis of equality

Theoria Abstract This paper considers the view that the basis of equality isthe range property of being a moral person. This view,suggested by John Rawls in hisA Theory of Justice(1971),is commonly dism

Type of publication: Journal articles | Andersson, Emil
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08 November, 2017

Benefiting from Injustice and the Common-Source Problem

Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, pp 1-15, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10677-017-9845-7. Abstract According to the Beneficiary Pays Principle, innocent beneficiaries of an injustice stand in a special mora

Type of publication: Journal articles | Duus-Otterström, Göran
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16 September, 2024

Projecting environmental impacts with varying population, affluence and technology using IPAT – Climate change and land use scenarios

Vienna Yearbook of Population Research Abstract We theoretically explore the interrelations between population (P), affluence (A) and technology (T) for various environmental impacts (I ) using IPAT-typ

Type of publication: Journal articles | Engström, Emma , Kolk, Martin
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09 June, 2017

Brad Hooker: Fairness

Professor Brad Hooker, Philosophy Department, University of Reading. Consider the view that an individual behaves unfairly if, only if, and because (1) The individual treats people who are NOT relevantlAnd(2) The individual fails to treat people who ARE relevantly different in accordance with their relevant difference (e.g., needy/non-needy, someone who has a right against the individual/someone who doesn’t have a right against the individual, etc.).

Professor Brad Hooker, Philosophy Department, University of Reading.
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13 October, 2023
Claim-based distributive theories

Claim-based distributive theories

The overarching purpose of this project is to present a framework for claim-based distributive theories. Since scarcity is a ubiquitous societal problem, the project has wide-reaching relevance for society.

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16 April, 2019

Healthcare Rationing and the Badness of Death: Should Newborns Count for Less?

in: Saving People from the Harm of Death, Eds. Espen Gamlund and Carl Tollef Solberg, p. 255-266, Oxford University Press. In this volume, leading philosophers, medical doctors, and economists discuss

Type of publication: Chapters | Campbell, Tim
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19 August, 2022

Personal Identity and Impersonal Ethics

Tim Campbell, Personal Identity and Impersonal Ethics In: Principles and Persons: The Legacy of Derek Parfit. Edited by: Jeff McMahan, Tim Campbell, James Goodrich, and Ketan Ramakrishnan, Oxford Unive

Type of publication: Chapters | Campbell, Tim
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07 October, 2022

Social choice, nondeterminacy and public reasoning

Res Philosophica 98 ABSTRACT This article presents an approach to how to make reasonable social choices when independent criteria (e.g., prioritarianism, religious freedom) fail to fully determine what t

Type of publication: Journal articles | Herlitz, Anders , & Karim Sadek
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13 April, 2023

Research seminar with Sarah Birch: Voting for the future

Venue: Institutet för framtidsstudier, Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm, and online Research seminar with Sarah Birch, Professor of Political Science atKing's College London. You can join in person or onlin

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