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William MacAskill: What we owe the future - planning for a million years
Location: Kulturhuset, Sergels torg in Stockholm Buy your ticket at Billetto > The philosopher William MacAskill is known to many as one of the founders of Effective Altruism, the movement that has rec

Maja Fjaestad: Crises management and the concept of “following science”
Maja Fjaestad was state secretary for health in Sweden during the Covid 19 pandemic. Recently she published the book (with Emma Lennartsson) “Mitt i krisen” (In the Midst of the Crisis) (Volante, 2024

Research seminar with Maja Fjaestad: Post-pandemic reflections on leadership and preparedness: Crises management and the concept of “following science”
Venue: Institutet för framtidsstudier, Holländargatan 13, 4th floor, Stockholm, or online.Research seminar with Maja Fjaestad, IFFS researcher, expert coordinator at the Center for Health Crises at KI

Sovereignty and sustainability - friends or foes? Interview with Steven Vanderheiden
To limit the global warming to a maximum of two degrees above pre-industrial levels, much of the coal and oil reserves on earth must stay in the ground. This requires international agreements to limit
Stable and unstable choices
Economics and Philosophy, DOI:10.1017/S0266267119000026 Abstract This paper introduces a condition for rational choice that states that accepting decision methods and normative theories that sometimes en
Prioritarianism, timeslices, and prudential value
Australasian Journal of Philosophy ABSTRACT This paper shows that versions of prioritarianism that focus at least partially on well-being levels at certain times conflict with conventional views of prud
Money-Pump Arguments
Elements in Decision Theory and Philosophy, red. Martin Peterson. Cambridge University Press Abstract Suppose that you prefer A to B, B to C, and C to A. Your preferences violate Expected Utility Theory
Who Approves of Gossip, Ostracism, and Confrontation Following Norm Violations? A Cross-Cultural Test of Gender Stereotypes
Social Psychology Quarterly Abstract Existing research and popular culture suggest that women are more approving of gossip. But are they? This research note uses two studies to ask whether gender stereo
The quality of compliance: investigating fishers’ responses towards regulation and authorities
Fish and Fisheries, Early view: doi:10.1111/faf.12197. Abstract A substantial amount of scientific effort goes into understanding and measuring compliance in fisheries. Understanding why, how and when f
Self-Driving Vehicles — an Ethical Overview
Philosophy & Technology 34: 1383–1408 Abstract The introduction of self-driving vehicles gives rise to a large number of ethical issues that go beyond the common, extremely narrow, focus on improbabl