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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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27 February, 2025

What calibrating variable-value population ethics suggests

Economics & Philosophy Abstract Variable-Value axiologies avoid Parfit’s Repugnant Conclusion while satisfying some weak instances of the Mere Addition principle. We apply calibration methods to two

Type of publication: Journal articles | Spears, Dean , Stefánsson, H. Orri
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13 September, 2024

Additively-separable and rank-discounted variable-population social welfare functions: A characterization

Economic Letters, vol. 203 Abstract Economic policy evaluations require social welfare functions for variable-size populations. Two important candidates are critical-level generalized utilitarianism (CL

Type of publication: Journal articles | Spears, Dean , Stefánsson, H. Orri
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17 March, 2021

A Paradox for the Intrinsic Value of Freedom of Choice

in Noûs, Volume 34:4 AbstractA standard liberal claim is that freedom of choice is not only instrumentally valuable but also intrinsically valuable, that is, valuable for its own sake. I argue that eac

Type of publication: Journal articles | Gustafsson, Johan E.
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20 April, 2021
Richard Arneson: Should we reward the deserving? Some puzzles

Richard Arneson: Should we reward the deserving? Some puzzles

Do plausible fundamental principles of justice incorporate the idea of rewarding the deserving? Utilitarianism is famously indifferent between a world in which saints fare badly and scoundrels fare we

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16 September, 2024

Comparing and modeling the use of online recommender systems

Computers in Human Behavior Reports, vol 15 Abstract This study explores a new way to model the adoption of AI, specifically online recommender systems. It aims to find factors that can explain the varia

Type of publication: Journal articles | Engström, Emma , & Jennifer Viberg Johansson Vartanova, Irina , & Jennifer Viberg Johansson Persson, Minna , & Jennifer Viberg Johansson Strimling, Pontus , & Jennifer Viberg Johansson
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23 June, 2022

Episodes of liberalization in autocracies: a new approach to quantitatively studying democratization

Political Science Research and Methods, 1-20 Abstract This paper introduces a new approach to the quantitative study of democratization. Building on the comparative case-study and large-N literature, it

Type of publication: Journal articles | Lindenfors, Patrik
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01 March, 2015

Being and Well-Being

in: Weighing and Reasoning. Themes from the Philosophy of John Broome, Eds.Iwao Hirose and Andrew Reisner, Oxford University Press. This chapter discusses the question of whether we can make it better

Type of publication: Chapters | Bykvist, Krister
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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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21 January, 2021

Richard Arneson: Should we reward the deserving? Some puzzles

Richard Arneson is a political philosopher with a special interest in theories of social justice.  AbstractDo plausible fundamental principles of justice incorporate the idea of rewarding the deserving?

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