Moral uncertainty

Participants: Krister Bykvist, Toby Ord and William MacAskill. Very often we are uncertain about what we ought, morally, to do. We do not know how to weigh the interests of animals against humans, how

Tim Campbell

I am a researcher at the Institute for Futures Studies. I defended my dissertation in October 2015 at Rutgers University.  My research focuses on a range of topics related to the evaluation of different

Institute for Futures Studies Working Paper Series 2020:12 Abstract The response to the Covid-19 pandemic, and the public discourse about the pandemic, can be used to illustrate three common mistakes in

Very often we are uncertain about what we ought, morally,to do. We do not know how to weigh the interests of animals against humans, how strong our duties are to improve the lives of distant strangers

Orri Stefánsson, philosopher at the Institute for Futures Studies and decision theorist, dissects the moral reasoning about the Covid-19 pandemic. (This text is part of the Institute for Futures Studie)

Oxford University Press Very often we're uncertain about what we ought, morally, to do. We don't know how to weigh the interests of animals against humans, how strong our duties are to improve the live

in: The Dimensions of Poverty: Measurement, Epistemic Injustice, Activism (ed. V. Beck, H. Hahn & R. Lepenies), New York: Springer. 2020. AbstractMultidimensional poverty measures require implicit,

To achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), several obstacles must be overcome. This planning project investigates an obstacle that is often neglected: population growth.

How should we make decisions when we’re uncertain about what we ought, morally, to do? Very often we are uncertain about what we ought, morally, to do. We do not know how to weigh the interests of anim

2011. Journal of Statistics Physics 145:1368-1384. AbstractA random graph model with prescribed degree distribution and degree dependent edge weights is introduced. Each vertex is independently equipped