Melinda A. Roberts

I am a professor of philosophy at the College of New Jersey and serve as the coordinating prelaw advisor for the College. Previously, I worked as an associate at the law firm of Cleary, Gottlieb in Ne

A new theory about the relation between cognitive ability and moral opinions

Why is it that people with higher cognitive ability tend to have more liberal opinions on moral issues? This project will try to offer an explanation.

European Journal of Criminology Abstract Building and expanding on contemporary research where desistance is increasingly conceived of asa fragile and liminal experience, this paper examines the early dof ambivalence – an undertheorised concept in life course criminology. This paper employs qualitativeinterviews from a total of 10 participants who participated in SIG, a voluntary defector programmein Sweden. Despite having formulated a clear resolve to desist, the participantsnonetheless experienced feelings of ambivalence in relation to the desistance process. In theseinstances, the aspiring desisters were bordering between the prospects of a better, crime-freelife and the pains, losses, struggles and frustrations accompanying the early stages of desistance.It is argued that this liminal position, where the old life is to be discarded and a new, better lifeis yet to be built, may constitute a breeding ground for ambivalence – a state which needs tobe grounded in the precarious social position of marginalised youth which aspiring desisters typicallyoccupy.

in Tonry, M. (ed.) Of One-eyed and Toothless Miscreants: Making the Punishment Fit the Crime? Oxford: Oxford University Press. Abstract Conflicts between relative and absolute proportionality are an imp

Venue: Institutet för framtidsstudier, Holländargatan 13, StockholmRegister hereWelcome to this research seminar with Anders Sandberg, Ph.D. in computational neuroscience, researcher at IFFS and Senior

Anders Sandberg: Serf's up - Law, AI, Singletons and Leviathan

Research seminar with Anders Sandberg, Ph.D. in computational neuroscience, researcher at IFFS and Senior Research Fellow at the Future of Humanity Institute, Oxford University. Abstract A key problem

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

Minna Persson

I have an MA. in General Linguistics from Stockholm University and an MSc. in Migration, Mobility and Development from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. At the In and . The topics of these projects span over several fields, but in different ways revolve around questions of social norms, values, and the mechanisms by which they change.

Politics, Philosophy and Economics Abstract There are two classic principles for deciding who should have a right to vote on the laws, the All Affected Principle and the All Subjected Principle. This ar

Katharina Berndt Rasmussen

I'm a researcher in practical philosophy. My main areas of competence are feminist, political, and social philosophy. My areas of specialisation revolve around the topics of discrimination, sexism, ra, Stockholm University, and an affiliated researcher at the . I'm also the main editor for , a Swedish academic publication in political philosophy.