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12 April, 2019

Asymmetry and Non-Identity

Utilitas, Volume 31, Issue 3, pp.213-230. doi.org/10.1017/S0953820818000341 Abstract In this article we distinguish two versions of the non-identity problem: one involving positive well-being and one inv

Type of publication: Journal articles | Berndt Rasmussen, Katharina , & Per Algander
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22 October, 2013

The Origin of Status Inequality: A Simulation-Based Study

Gianluca Manzo, Sociology Sorbonne Status hierarchies have the characteristic of being increasingly asymmetric distributions that, however, never turn into winner-take-all structures. In this paper we

Gianluca Manzo, Sociology Sorbonne
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06 February, 2018

Asymmetries in punishment propensity may drive the civilizing process

Nature Human Behaviour, volume 2, pp. 148–155, doi:10.1038/s41562-017-0278-z Abstract Norms about hygiene and violence have both shown a tendency to become increasingly strict, in the sense that the han

Type of publication: Journal articles | Strimling, Pontus , , Mícheál de Barra Eriksson, Kimmo , , Mícheál de Barra
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18 December, 2023

Is conservative opposition to climate change threat-based? Articulating an integrated threat model of climate change attitudes

British Journal of Social Psychology Abstract Throughout the literature, there are assertions that those endorsing conservative ideologies reject the science and solutions of climate change due to perce

Type of publication: Journal articles | Jylhä, Kirsti , Stanley, S.K., Leviston, Z. & I. Walker
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05 June, 2019
Melinda A. Roberts

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

Professor, Philosophy
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26 April, 2017

Completed: Harm and discrimination

What is it that makes discrimination wrong? We examine the concept of harm and its philosophical relevance, as well as the role it plays in discrimination.

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22 January, 2024

Theron Pummer: Future Suffering and the Non-Identity Problem

Venue:Institutet för framtidsstudier, Holländargatan 13, 4th floor, Stockholm, or online. Research seminar with Theron Pummer, Professor of Philosophy at the University of St Andrews. Register hereAbstr

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11 September, 2020

Speed and Concentration of the Covering Time for Structured Coupon Collectors

Journal of Applied Probability Abstract Let V be an n-set, and let X be a random variable taking values in the power-set of V. Suppose we are given a sequence of random coupons , where the are independe

Type of publication: Journal articles | Markström, Klas , , Falgas-Ravry, Victor & Larsson, Joel
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11 April, 2016

Workshop on deontological approaches to population ethics

This workshop is a part of the project Valuing future lives funded by the Swedish Research Council. It will take place at the Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm. If you are int or .

This workshop is a part of the project Valuing future lives funded by the Swedish Research Council. It will take place at the Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm.
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11 November, 2021

The climate ethics program: "Interdisciplinary at its best"

"Innovative, ambitious, and extremely well managed." A mid-term evaluation of the research program Climate Ethics and future generations praises it for being interdisciplinary at its best. Riksbankens

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