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16 April, 2020

Safety requirements vs. crashing ethically: what matters most for policies on autonomous vehicles

AI & Society, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-020-00964-6 Abstract The philosophical–ethical literature and the public debate on autonomous vehicles have been obsessed with ethical issues related to c

Type of publication: Journal articles | Lundgren, Björn
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10 March, 2016

How Valuable are Chances?

Philosophy of Science, Vol. 82, No. 4, p. 602-625. DOI: 10.1086/682915 Abstract Chance Neutrality is the thesis that, conditional on some proposition being true (or being false), its chance of being true

Type of publication: Journal articles | Stefánsson, H. Orri , , Richard Bradley
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14 August, 2024

Democratic Legitimacy, Institutions for Future Generations and the Problem of Constitutional Power

Chapter in Hélène Ruiz Valérie Rosoux Alessandra Donati (red.), Representing the Absent, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlag. Find the full book here > Abstract Recognising widely held concerns regarding ‘presentchapter challenges the contention that democratic legitimacy inexorably requires the inclusion of futuregenerations in democratic decisions. According to two requirements of democratic legitimacy – inclusionand constitutional empowerment – people should be empowered to participate in decisions about policyand law, and to determine the rules structuring the political framework. Drawing a distinction betweenthese requirements, this chapter contends that though it may be feasible to ‘include’ future generations forproxy representation, future generations cannot enjoy ‘constitutional power’.

Type of publication: Chapters | Beckman, Ludvig
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24 November, 2017
Completed: Climate ethics and future generations

Completed: Climate ethics and future generations

What should the current generation do about climate change when our decisions do not only affect how future generations will live, but also who and how many people will exist?

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03 November, 2020

Improving on and assessing ethical guidelines for digital tracking and tracing systems for pandemics

Ethics and Information Technology Abstract So-called digital tracking and tracing systems (DTTSs) have been proposed as a means to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2. There are ethical guidelines and eval

Type of publication: Journal articles | Lundgren, Björn
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05 May, 2021
Julia Steinberger: Is it possible to live well within planetary limits?

Julia Steinberger: Is it possible to live well within planetary limits? Evidence and modelling from the LiLi project

Professor Julia Steinberger researches and teaches in the interdisciplinary areas of Ecological Economics and Industrial Ecology. Her research examines the connections between resource use (energy and

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15 May, 2020

How software developers can fix part of GDPR’s problem of click-through consents

AI & Society. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-020-00970-8 Abstract When General Data Protection Regulation of the European Union (GDPR) arrived, most people probably noticed a practical flaw in the pr, p. 858)—revealing a practical flaw in the GDRP regulation, in which individuals’ privacy fail to be properly protected.

Type of publication: Journal articles | Lundgren, Björn
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11 January, 2016

Website Policy

How we process personal data  The General Data Protection Regulation, a new important regulation for the protection of personal data, came into force in May 2018. It entails improved rights for you to d

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04 September, 2020

A New Route from Moral Disagreement to Moral Skepticism

Journal of the American Philosophical Association Abstract Moral disagreement is sometimes thought to pose problems for moral realism because it shows that we cannot achieve knowledge of the moral facts

Type of publication: Journal articles | Tersman, Folke , & Risberg, Olle
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15 January, 2025

Orri Stefánsson: Does Global Justice Demand Solar Geoengineering?

Venue: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm, or online. Research seminar with H. Orri Stefánsson, Professor of Practical Philosophy and Wallenberg Academy Fellow at Stockholm Un

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