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Gender essentialism makes segregation persistent
Socially constructed beliefs about biological gender differences, i.e. gender essentialism, can to a large extent explain the remaining gender segregation and inequality. That’s one of the conclusions
Garrett Cullity: But Thinking Makes It So: How Discriminatory Attitudes Can Make Actions Wrong
Research seminar with Garrett Cullity, professor of philosophy at the Australian National University, known for his research on moral philosophy. Venue: Holländargatan 13, Stockholm Register here > Ab
War ethics and international law – a discussion with academics, practitioners and policy-makers
In the summer of 2014, Israel launched a military action against Gaza called "Operation Protective Edge", as a response to Hamas rocket attacks. The conflict brought to the fore important debates in b
Continuity and catastrophic risk
Economics & Philosophy Abstract Suppose that a decision-maker’s aim, under certainty, is to maximize some continuous value, such as lifetime income or continuous social welfare. Can such a decision-
Garrett Cullity: How Discriminatory Attitudes Can Make Actions Wrong
Research seminar with Garrett Cullity, professor of philosophy at the Australian National University, known for his research on moral philosophy. Abstract In general, otherwise permissible actions do
Garrett Cullity: How Discriminatory Attitudes Can Make Actions Wrong
Research seminar with Garrett Cullity, professor of philosophy at the Australian National University, known for his research on moral philosophy. Abstract In general, otherwise permissible actions do
How should we make decisions when we’re uncertain about what we ought, morally, to do?
Very often we are uncertain about what we ought, morally,to do. We do not know how to weigh the interests of animals against humans, how strong our duties are to improve the lives of distant strangers
Staffan Julén
I am Head of communications at the Institute for Futures Studies, documentary film director and producer. At the institute I have among other things been working on a research project financed by the where I examined how artistic subjective narration can develop the documentary film.
CANCELLED! All things considered? A cognitively plausible model of neighborhood choice
THIS SEMINAR IS UNFORTUNATELY CANCELLED. Elizabeth Bruch, University of Michigan (Attention: this seminar is held on a Monday) Although there have been efforts in recent years to study the linkages bet
Artificial intelligence and democratic legitimacy. The problem of publicity in public authority
AI & Society Abstract Machine learning algorithms (ML) are increasingly used to support decision-making in the exercise of public authority. Here, we argue that an important consideration has been o
