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Putting costs and benefits of ordeals together
Economics and Philosophy 37 Abstract This paper addresses how to think about the permissibility of introducing deadweight costs (so-called ‘ordeals’) on candidate recipients of goods in order to attain b
Sufficiency and the Distribution of Burdens
In: Mosquera, J. & O. Torpman (ed.), Studies on Climate Ethics and Future Generationsvol. 6. Working Paper Series 2024:10–17 Abstract A common objection to sufficientarianism is that it allows large
Hedonism, Desirability and the Incompleteness Objection
Thought, doi.org/10.1002/tht3.410 Abstract Hedonism claims that all and only pleasure is intrinsically good. One worry about Hedonism focuses on the “only” part: Are there not things other than pleasure
Resisting assimilation – ethnic boundary maintenance among Jews in Sweden
in: Distinktion: Journal of Social TheoryAbstractThis article evaluates Andreas Wimmer’s theory of ethnic boundary making by applying it to the maintenance of Jewish ethnic identification in Sweden, a
The need for nuance in the null hypothesis significance testing debate
Educational and Psychological Measurement, Vol. 77 (2017), 4, p. 616-630. Abstract Null hypothesis significance testing (NHST) provides an important statistical toolbox, but there are a number of ways i
Rainer Forst: Towards a Critical Theory of Trust
Venue: Holländargatan 13, Stockholm Research seminar with Rainer Forst, Professor of Political Theory and Philosophy at the Department of Political Science and Department of Philosophy, Johann Wolfgang
Heavy-Tailed Distribution of Seclusion and Restraint Episodes in a State Psychiatric Hospital
2011. The Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law39:1- 93-99.
Household-distributed national accounts: New perspectives on the distribution of income and wealth in Sweden, 1930-2020
This project examines new perspectives on economic inequality in Sweden.
Input and output in distributive theory
Noûs 2021 Abstract Distributive theories evaluate distributions of goods based on candidate recipients’ characteristics, e.g. how well off candidates are, how deserving they are, and whether they fare b
Democratic Legitimacy, Institutions for Future Generations and the Problem of Constitutional Power
Chapter in Hélène Ruiz Valérie Rosoux Alessandra Donati (red.), Representing the Absent, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlag. Find the full book here > Abstract Recognising widely held concerns regarding ‘presentchapter challenges the contention that democratic legitimacy inexorably requires the inclusion of futuregenerations in democratic decisions. According to two requirements of democratic legitimacy – inclusionand constitutional empowerment – people should be empowered to participate in decisions about policyand law, and to determine the rules structuring the political framework. Drawing a distinction betweenthese requirements, this chapter contends that though it may be feasible to ‘include’ future generations forproxy representation, future generations cannot enjoy ‘constitutional power’.
