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16 May, 2019

Hedonism, Desirability and the Incompleteness Objection

Thought, doi.org/10.1002/tht3.410 Abstract Hedonism claims that all and only pleasure is intrinsically good. One worry about Hedonism focuses on the “only” part: Are there not things other than pleasure

Type of publication: Journal articles | Andric, Vuko
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11 January, 2024

Dennett's prime-mammal objection to the consequence argument

Theoria Abstract The Consequence Argument is the classic argument for the incompatibility of determinism and our ability to do otherwise. Daniel C. Dennett objects that the Consequence Argument suffers

Type of publication: Journal articles | Gustafsson, Johan E.
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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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09 March, 2016

Fairness-based retributivism reconsidered

Criminal Law & Philosophy, pp. 1-18, Online först. Abstract In this paper, I defend fairness-based retributivism against two important objections, the no-benefit objection and the social injustice o

Type of publication: Journal articles | Duus-Otterström, Göran
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14 December, 2023

Peer acceptance and rejection during secondary school: Do associations with subsequent educational outcomes vary by socioeconomic background?

Child Development Abstract Research shows that peer relationships are associated with students' school adjustment. However, the importance of advantageous and disadvantageous factors for students' educa

Type of publication: Journal articles | Plenty, Stephanie ,
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21 June, 2023

Climate-friendly food-choice intentions among emerging adults: extending the theory of planned behavior with objective ambivalence, climate-change worry and optimism

Frontiers of Psychology, Sec. Environmental Psychology, vol. 14. Abstract Climate-friendly food choices are still relatively rarely addressed in studies investigating climate engagement, particularly am

Type of publication: Journal articles | Jylhä, Kirsti , , Ojala, M., Odisho, S. & A. Riise
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24 September, 2019

Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen: Affirmative Action: The Key Arguments

Professor Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen, Department of Political Science, Århus University.Abstract Many think affirmative action is (un)justified. But does it really make sense to have views about affirmat

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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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14 January, 2025

Sufficiency and the Distribution of Burdens

In: Mosquera, J. & O. Torpman (ed.), Studies on Climate Ethics and Future Generationsvol. 6. Working Paper Series 2024:10–17 Abstract A common objection to sufficientarianism is that it allows large

Type of publication: Working papers | Robert Huseby
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01 November, 2021
Adina Preda: Can there be positive human rights?

Adina Preda: Can there be positive human rights?

Research seminar with Adina Preda, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin. Abstract This paper aims to establish that there can be human rights to socio-economic goods or services

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