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20 September, 2024

Seeking a reflective equilibrium in the face of disagreement

Synthese, vol. 204, 86 Abstract How is someone who seeks a reflective equilibrium to respond upon learning that others disagree with her? Regrettably, not much attention has been devoted to that questio

Type of publication: Journal articles | Tersman, Folke
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28 January, 2019

Recent Work on Reflective Equilibrium and Method in Ethics

Philosophy Compass 13 (6), 2018.  DOI:10.1111/phc3.12493.  Abstract The idea of reflective equilibrium (IRE) remains the most popular approach to questions about method in ethics, despite the masses of cr

Type of publication: Journal articles | Tersman, Folke
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28 April, 2025

Deep moral disagreements and defective contexts

Synthese Abstract The key characteristic of deep disagreements is that any attempt to resolve them just reveals new points of disagreement that stem from underlying commitments. Many moral disagreementsInformal LogicSemantics and Pragmatics

Type of publication: Journal articles | Björkholm, Stina
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15 February, 2017

An Ombudsman for Future Generations, Legitimate and Effective?

in: Institutions For Future Generations,  Iñigo González-Ricoy and Axel Gosseries (red.), Oxford: Oxford University Press. 117-134. This chapter examines the possibility to establish ombudsmen as instr

Type of publication: Chapters | Beckman, Ludvig , & Fredrik Uggla
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19 December, 2016

Hilary Greaves: The collectivist critique of effective altruism

Hilary Greaves: Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford, and a Tutorial Fellow at Somerville College, Oxford.  The previous topic "Reductionism about personal identity, prudential value and

Hilary Greaves: Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford, and a Tutorial Fellow at Somerville College, Oxford.
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13 February, 2015
Success factors for effective labour market projects

Success factors for effective labour market projects

Success factors for effective labour market projects. A comparative study of fifteen Social Fund financed projects.Research report 2014/7, 96 p. For decades, the Swedish municipalities have had a major

Type of publication: IFFS reports | Clara Lindblom
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21 February, 2020

POSTPONED. NEW DATE PENDING. Katya Rhodes: Designing politically acceptable and effective climate policies: Insights from British Columbia, Canada

Dr.Katya Rhodes comes from British Columbia, Canada, to share her academicresearch findings and government policy-making experiences on how to designpolitically acceptable and effective policies to mitigate climate change usingBritish Columbia’s climate policies as a case study. 

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25 March, 2021

Do we need dual-process theory to understand implicit bias? A study of the nature of implicit bias against Muslims

in: Poetics AbstractPsychological dual-process theory has become increasingly popular among sociologists. The dual-process framework accounts for two types of thinking; a fast, associative, automatic o

Type of publication: Journal articles | Bursell, Moa , & Filip Olsson
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14 January, 2025

Productive Justice in the 'Post-Work Future'

In: Mosquera, J. & O. Torpman (ed.), Studies on Climate Ethics and Future Generations vol. 6. Working Paper Series 2024:10–17 Abstract Justice in production is concerned with ensuring the benefits and

Type of publication: Working papers | Finneron-Burns, Elizabeth , , Caleb Althorpe
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05 June, 2023

Workshop: Progress in Ethics

PROGRESS IN ETHICS Workshop at the Institute for Future Studies (IFFS), Stockholm, 19-20 June 2023  This is an open workshop, but seats are limited. Interested in attending? Send an e-mail to [email protected]:30 – 11:00: Coffee  11:00 – 12:30: Finnur Dellsén (University of Iceland/Inland Norway University/Oslo), Tina Firing (University of Iceland), and James Norton (University of Iceland), “Understanding Philosophical Progress”  12:30 – 14:00: Lunch  14:00 – 15:30: Joe Roussos (IFFS), “When is agreement between moral models significant?”  15:30 – 16:00: Coffee  16:00 – 17:30: Ylwa Sjölin Wirling (Gothenburg), “A portrait of understanding as a nonfactive state”  

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