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Against lifetime QALY prioritarianism
Journal of Medical Ethics 44: 109-113. doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2017-104250 Abstract Lifetime quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) prioritarianism has recently been defended as a reasonable specification o
Asymmetry and Non-Identity
Utilitas, Volume 31, Issue 3, pp.213-230. doi.org/10.1017/S0953820818000341 Abstract In this article we distinguish two versions of the non-identity problem: one involving positive well-being and one inv
The indispensability of sufficientarianism
Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, published online. doi.org/10.1080/13698230.2018.1479817 Abstract In this paper, I argue that sufficientarian principles are indispensabl
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
Natural Selection and the Origin of Economic Growth
This paper develops an evolutionary growth theory that captures the interplay between the evolution of mankind and economic growth since the emergence of the human species. It argues that the transiti
Population Ethics and the Non-Identity Problem
Welcome to a workshop on the non-identity problem and population ethics at the Institute for Futures Studies in Stockholm. The workshop will focus on the evaluative and moral significance of acts that

A monster in the making. Interview with Matthias Matthijs on the euro crisis and democracy
What started off as a political project aimed at strengthening democracies has become an economic project in crisis that undermines democracy. We are of course talking about the european union and the
Why Morality and Other Forms of Normativity are Sometimes Dramatically Directly Collectively Self-Defeating
Arbetsrapport 2024:3Del av Studies in the Ethics of Coordination and Climate Change Abstract In a prisoner’s dilemma, if everyone follows the strategy of self-interest, then everyone is certain to be wo
Prioritarianism, timeslices, and prudential value
Australasian Journal of Philosophy ABSTRACT This paper shows that versions of prioritarianism that focus at least partially on well-being levels at certain times conflict with conventional views of prud

Anders Ekholm
I have had the position as vice president and advisor at the Institute for Futures Studies and before that I worked as head of analysis at the Ministry of Social Affairs, with research concerning our