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17 April, 2019

A more plausible collapsing principle

Theoria, Volume 84, Issue 4. doi.org/10.1111/theo.12166 Abstract In 1997 John Broome presented the Collapsing Argument that was meant to establish that non‐conventional comparative relations (e.g., “par

Type of publication: Journal articles | Herlitz, Anders , & Henrik Andersson
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13 September, 2024

Continuity and catastrophic risk

Economics & Philosophy Abstract Suppose that a decision-maker’s aim, under certainty, is to maximize some continuous value, such as lifetime income or continuous social welfare. Can such a decision-

Type of publication: Journal articles | Stefánsson, H. Orri
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04 September, 2020

Political Double Standards in Reliance on Moral Foundations

Judgment abd Decision Making Abstract Prior research using the Moral Foundations Questionnaire (MFQ) has established that political ideology is associated with self-reported reliance on specific moral f

Type of publication: Journal articles | Eriksson, Kimmo , & Brent Simpson Strimling, Pontus , & Brent Simpson
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26 June, 2018

Near-repeat shootings in contemporary Sweden 2011 to 2015

Security Journal, Volume 31, Issue 1, pp 73–92, doi:10.1057/s41284-017-0089-y Abstract The concept of near-repeat patterns illustrates how crimes are clustered in space and time, with a crime event often s

Type of publication: Journal articles | Rostami, Amir , ,Gerell, Manne & Anders Sandholm
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20 September, 2024

Incommensurability, the sequence argument, and the Pareto principle

Philosophical Studies Abstract Parfit (Theoria 82:110–127, 2016) responded to the Sequence Argument for the Repugnant Conclusion by introducing imprecise equality. However, Parfit’s notion of imprecise degrees of incommensurabilityeveryone

Type of publication: Journal articles | Arrhenius, Gustaf , Stefánsson, H. Orri
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14 January, 2025

Degrees of Incommensurability and the Sequence Argument

In: Mosquera, J. & O. Torpman (ed.),Studies on Climate Ethics and Future Generations vol. 6. Working Paper Series 2024:10–17 Abstract Parfit (2016) responded to the Sequence Argument for the Repugnan

Type of publication: Working papers | Arrhenius, Gustaf , Stefánsson, H. Orri
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25 April, 2018

Identity politics - emancipatory or regressive?

Urbanisation, education, mobility and communication technology were all supposed to weaken people’s identification with “primordial” ethnic or religious groups. This has not occurred. Why this is and w

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03 April, 2024

Global variations in online privacy concerns across 57 countries

Computers in Human Behavior Reports, vol 9 Abstract Cross-cultural studies have found national differences in how concerned people are about online privacy. However, it has not yet been settled what cau

Type of publication: Journal articles | Engström, Emma , , Marie Björnstjerna Eriksson, Kimmo , , Marie Björnstjerna Strimling, Pontus , , Marie Björnstjerna
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25 January, 2022

No declines in mental health among young adults at the beginning of the pandemic

When restrictions were introduced at the beginning of the pandemic, many assumed that young adults' mental health would deteriorate rapidly due to factors such as social isolation, unemployment and ec

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09 June, 2023

Qué futuro tiene el futuro? El País reports on our AI research

"We live in an unpredictable time, the leading experts in artifical intelligence tell us. They have no answers and ordinary citizens are not even capable of asking the pertinent questions. We traveled

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