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12 October, 2021

Utilitarianism without Moral Aggregation

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

Type of publication: Journal articles | Gustafsson, Johan E.
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26 August, 2015

Shlomi Segall: Should Egalitarians Care about Chances?

Shlomi Segall is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem ABSTRACTTelic egalitarianism is the view that equality matters for its own sake. Equality

Shlomi Segall is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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26 August, 2022

Bentham's Mugging

Utilitas, 2022, 1–6 Abstract A dialogue, in three parts, on utilitarian vulnerability to exploitation. Read the whole article

Type of publication: Journal articles | Gustafsson, Johan E.
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04 September, 2020

Parfit and the economists: A contribution to the debate on the optimal population size

Revue de Métaphysique et de Morale, 102, 23-37 Abstract This paper presents Derek Parfit’s contribution to the debate on the optimal population size, as it has been developed by economists. Parfit’s des

Type of publication: Journal articles | Zuber, Stéphane
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17 October, 2022

The Repugnant Conclusion: An Overview

In Stephen M. Gardiner (red), The Oxford Handbook of Intergenerational Justice, Oxford Academic. Abstract The repugnant conclusion can be formulated as follows: For any population consisting of people wi

Type of publication: Chapters | Arrhenius, Gustaf , Andersson, Emil
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14 April, 2021
Completed: Social norms, implicit bias and discrimination

Completed: "If you're all egalitarians, how come you're so racist?". Social norms, implicit bias and discrimination

Why are ethnic discrimination and inequality widespread in Sweden when studies suggest that Swedes are among the most egalitarian people in the world? This project analyses implicit biases in relation to social norms.

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23 June, 2016

Matthew Adler: Prioritarianism and climate change

Matthew Adler, Richard A. Horvitz Professor of Law and Professor of Economics, Philosophy and Public Policy ABSTRACTPrioritarianism is the equitable counterpart to utilitarianism. Rather than merely ad

Matthew Adler, Richard A. Horvitz Professor of Law and Professor of Economics, Philosophy and Public Policy
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17 March, 2021

Population axiology and the possibility of a fourth category of absolute value

i:  Economics and Philosophy Vol. 36:1 AbstractCritical-Range Utilitarianism is a variant of Total Utilitarianism which can avoid both the Repugnant Conclusion and the Sadistic Conclusion in population

Type of publication: Journal articles | Gustafsson, Johan E.
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22 January, 2018

Partha Dasgupta: Earth's Carrying Capacity and Optimum Global Population

Sir Partha Dasgupta, Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Cambridge. ABSTRACT In this lecture I study fertility choice in the face of socio-ecological constraints. I assume that when cho

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18 September, 2019

The Case for Emissions Egalitarianism

Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, vol. 22, no 2., doi.org/10.1007/s10677-019-10016-8 Abstract There is a fixed limit on the greenhouse gas emissions that the atmosphere can absorb before triggering dang

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