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17 April, 2019

A more plausible collapsing principle

Theoria, Volume 84, Issue 4. doi.org/10.1111/theo.12166 Abstract In 1997 John Broome presented the Collapsing Argument that was meant to establish that non‐conventional comparative relations (e.g., “par

Type of publication: Journal articles | Herlitz, Anders , & Henrik Andersson
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07 March, 2014

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

THIS SEMINAR IS UNFORTUNATELY CANCELLED. Elizabeth Bruch, University of Michigan (Attention: this seminar is held on a Monday)
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06 March, 2019

The Difference Principle Would Not Be Chosen behind the Veil of Ignorance.

The Journal of Philosophy 115 (11):588-604, DOI: 10.5840/jphil20181151134 Abstract John Rawls argues that the Difference Principle (also known as the Maximin Equity Criterion) would be chosen by parties

Type of publication: Journal articles | Gustafsson, Johan E.
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31 October, 2022

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

Type of publication: Journal articles | Andersson, Emil
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17 March, 2021

A patch to the possibility part of Gödel’s Ontological Proof

in Analysis, Volume 80, Issue 2 AbstractKurt Gödel’s version of the Ontological Proof derives rather than assumes the crucial (yet controversial) Possibility Claim, that is, the claim that it is possib

Type of publication: Journal articles | Gustafsson, Johan E.
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01 September, 2017

Counterfactual Skepticism and Multidimensional Semantics

Erkenntnis, pp. 1-24. Abstract It has recently been argued that indeterminacy and indeterminism make most ordinary counterfactuals false. I argue that a plausible way to avoid such counterfactual skepti

Type of publication: Journal articles | Stefánsson, H. Orri
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22 January, 2021

Review of Elinor Mason’s Ways to be Blameworthy

Oxford University Press (2020) Abstract:In the moral responsibility literature, it is often said that blameworthiness presupposes wrongdoing. But there are numerous conceptions of both blame and wrongd is, to our knowledge, the first book-length attempt to spell out what the relevant kinds of wrongdoing and blame are that would make a strong connection between wrongdoing and blameworthiness plausible.

Type of publication: Journal articles | Bykvist, Krister , & Gunnar Björnsson
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11 September, 2020

Why Wear Blinders? Boonin and the Narrow Approach to the Non-identity Problem

Law, Ethics and Philosophy vol. 7, 102-126 Abstract Boonin endorses reasoning that leads to what he calls the Implausible Conclusion regarding when future-directed choices that at first glance seem to i

Type of publication: Journal articles | Roberts, Melinda A.
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14 December, 2022

Sex Selection for Daughters: Demographic Consequences of Female-Biased Sex Ratios

Population Research and Policy Review 41, p. 1619–1639 Abstract Modern fertility techniques allow parents to carry out preimplantation sex selection. Sex selection for non-medical purposes is legal in m

Type of publication: Journal articles | Kolk, Martin , Jebari, Karim
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26 November, 2024

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

Type of publication: Working papers | Budolfson, Mark |
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