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D3.3 Report on regulatory options
De Montfort University Abstract This report reviews various regulatory options that support the ethical and/or responsible development of smart information systems (AI and big data). Its insights will b
A Paradox for the Intrinsic Value of Freedom of Choice
in Noûs, Volume 34:4 AbstractA standard liberal claim is that freedom of choice is not only instrumentally valuable but also intrinsically valuable, that is, valuable for its own sake. I argue that eac
Democracy and the Common Good: A Study of the Weighted Majority Rule
Doctoral thesis in practical philosophy, Stockholm: Department of Philosophy, Stockholm University. Abstract In this study I analyse the performance of a democratic decision-making rule: the weighted ma
Nondeterminacy, cycles and rational choice
in: Analysis (2020) Volume 80:3. AbstractA notorious problem that has recently received increased attention in axiology, normative theory and population ethics is the apparent ubiquity of what can be g. This paper illustrates how nondeterminacy can spawn cyclical rankings. So, accepting that practical reasons can admit of nondeterminacy challenges the widely held idea that ‘better than’ is transitive. As a result, standard approaches to rational choice under nondeterminacy fail to be action-guiding, since in some situations all options are dominated, that is, impermissible according to standard rational choice criteria.

Anders Herlitz
I am a researcher at the Institute for Futures Studies and Professor of Practical Philosophy at Lund University. Previously I was Associate Professor in Practical Philosophy at Stockholm University an
Why Canada should rethink their Net-Zero act
Considering the recent wildfires in Canada, the harmful effects of climate change are undeniably evolving faster than previously expected. It is now imperative for leaders in government, business and
Mollie Gerver: Refugee Resettlement and Adaptive Preferences
Plats: Institutet för framtidsstudier, Holländargatan 13, Stockholm Register here Abstract Aid organizations are increasingly lobbying wealthy countries to send aid to refugees in neighboring poorer count
Normative Formal Epistemology as Modelling
British Journal for the Philosophy of Science Abstract I argue that normative formal epistemology (NFE) is best understood as modelling, in the sense that this is the reconstruction of its methodology o
Challenges and Opportunities of International Migration for the EU, Its Member States, Neighboring Countries and Regions: A Policy Note
Institutet för Framtidsstudiers skriftserie: Framtidsstudier nr 12, 2004 While the EU is a wealthy and politically stable region with an aging and eventually shrinking population, neighboring countries
Eli Cook: Choose Your Own Captivity: Choice Architects and the Analog Origins of Digital Capitalism
Venue: Holländargatan 13, Stockholm, or online Research seminar with Eli Cook, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Haifa. Abstract Based on my forthcoming book with Penguin-Random House, seeks to redefine how we understand freedom and power in a choice-saturated world.