Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Pages 1-15, Received 11 Dec 2015, Published online: 04 Sep 2016 Abstract This paper defends two related claims about belief: first, the claim that, unlike numerical d

Katie Steele, Associate Professor, Australian National University. Abstract It is a feature of our ordinary moral talk that some acts are supererogatory, or beyond what is required. But ‘beyond’ in what

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Moa Bursell, Department of Sociology, Stockholm University Seminars hosts are Peter Hedström, David Sumpter and Fredrik Liljeros from the Institute for Futures Studies. The seminars are free of charge

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Feminist Media Studies Abstract This paper is based on a case study of the online media practices of the neo-Nazi organisation, the Nordic Resistance Movement,conducted in the context of an ongoing proje

Will Kymlicka is the Canada Research Chair in Political Philosophy in the Philosophy Department at Queen's University in Kingston, Canada ABSTRACTWestern political theorists have largely ignored the anim

Jenny Andersson, Researcher at Sciences Po & Co-Director of MaxPo in Paris. ABSTRACTAt this seminar, Jenny will present her new book The future of the world. Futurology, futurists and the struggle f

In: Gheaus, Anca, Calder, Gideon, and De Wispelaere, Jurgen, eds. The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Childhood and Children. Milton: Routledge. Introduction The history of democracy is stronglySixty years ago, no European democracy allowed 18-year-olds to vote; today, no European nation denies people aged 18 the vote. The tendency is to lower the age of voting further. Voting from the age of 16 is now allowed in several countries, including Austria, Argentina and Brazil. The general question raised by these developments concerns what the final destination should be: what is the appropriate voting-rights age in a democracy?

Adam Altmejd

I am aresearcherat theInstitute for Social Research(SOFI), Stockholm University and at the Institute for Futures Studies. I am aIZA research affiliateand aDistinguished CESifo Affiliate.  I do research on