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The need for nuance in the null hypothesis significance testing debate
Educational and Psychological Measurement, Vol. 77 (2017), 4, p. 616-630. Abstract Null hypothesis significance testing (NHST) provides an important statistical toolbox, but there are a number of ways i
Four decisions that actually matter for climate change
Did you take part in Earth Hour last month? On the 24th of March each year a big part of the earth’s population in the most energy consuming countries turn the lights off for one hour to stress the en
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
On algorithmic mediations
European Journal of Social Theory Abstract In this article, the main focus will be to analyze the notion of mediation in an attempt to apply it to one of the major topics of our time: the increasing imp
Is risk aversion irrational? Examining the “fallacy” of large numbers
Synthese, doi.org/10.1007/s11229-018-01929-5 Abstract A moderately risk averse person may turn down a 50/50 gamble that either results in her winning $200 or losing $100. Such behaviour seems rational i
Freedom, Equality, and Justifiability to All: Reinterpreting Liberal Legitimacy
The Journal of Ethics Abstract According to John Rawls’s famous Liberal Principle of Legitimacy, the exercise of political power is legitimate only if it is justifiable to all citizens. The currently dominternalistexternalistinclusive
EU Citizens - Thirty years on. An introduction
Nordisk Socialrättslig Tidskrift/Nordic Social Law Journal 38.2024 Patricia Mindus & Anna-Sara Lind (eds.) Abstract 2023 marked thirty years since European Union citizenship was introduced as the Trea
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
Artificial Intelligence, Datafication and Exploring the Minimum Content of Nationality
The Statelessness & Citizenship Review, 6(1), 124-129 COMMENTARY: Introduction Identifying the minimum content of nationality (‘MCN’), the inalienable core elements or conditions of citizenship witho
POSTPONED: Matthew Adler: Person-Affecting Consequentialism: Equity-Regarding, Desert-Neutral, Repugnant
Research seminar with Matthew Adler, Duke UniversityREGISTERAbstract The philosophical literature on consequentialism regularly distinguishes between “person-affecting” and “impersonal” moral justifica