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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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
Dennett and Taylor’s alleged refutation of the Consequence Argument
in: Analysis, Volume 80, Issue 3 AbstractDaniel C. Dennett has long maintained that the Consequence Argument for incompatibilism is confused. In a joint work with Christopher Taylor, he claims to have
What calibrating variable-value population ethics suggests
Economics & Philosophy Abstract Variable-Value axiologies avoid Parfit’s Repugnant Conclusion while satisfying some weak instances of the Mere Addition principle. We apply calibration methods to two