The Monist, Volume 107, Issue 2, April 2024, Pages 176–189 Abstract The possibility of extraterrestrial intelligence (ETI) exists despite no observed evidence, and the risks and benefits of actively sea

Canadian Journal of Philosophy (2021), 51: 4, 256–269 Is an outcome where many people are saved and one person dies better than an outcome where the one is saved and the many die? According to the stan

How economics can save the world

Book launch for How Economics Can Save the World (Penguin, 2023) by Erik Angner, professor of practical philosophy and PhD in economics. Economics has always been shadowed by a movement that has been c

Economics has always been shadowed by a movement called "anti-economics", denouncing its practitioners, attacking its assumptions, rejecting its conclusions, and protesting its influence. In his book H

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Venue: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13, Stockholm, or online.  Research seminar with Lea Ypi, Professor in Political Theory at the London School of Economics and Political Science and an

Lea Ypi: Can beauty save the world? On historical injustice, reconciliation and aesthetic education

'Beautiful world! Where hast thou gone?" asks Friedrich Schiller in his famous poem The Gods of Greece. He laments the loss of harmony in a world divided by injustice both past and present. In this le

Kimberly Nicholas, Associate Professor of Sustainability Science at Lund University in Sweden. ABSTRACT Based on questions from high school students, Seth Wynes and I set out to identify which personal

Welcome to a seminar on personal integrity in the era of digitalisation, and Bruce Schneier's book Data and Goliath. The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World. Main speaker:Bruce Sc

Erik Angner

I'm Professor of Practical Philosophy at Stockholm University, where I direct the PPE Program. As a result of serious mission creep, I hold two PhDs – one in Economics and one in History and Philosoph is due out with Penguin in early 2023. I am the author of two other books, (2007) and (3rd Ed., 2020), as well as multiple journal articles and book chapters on behavioral and experimental economics; the science and philosophy of happiness; and the history, philosophy, and methodology of contemporary economics.