How come, despite a series of troubling new reports and studies, the world has yet to respond adequately to the threat posed by global warming? In this article, published at the website Project Syndica

After years of falling fertility, most countries of the EU have reached stabilization; however, at very different levels across Europe. Examining this difference may help in understanding the underlyi

Business and Politics Abstract What determines whether or not firms lobby on the same policy issues? Scholars offer two broad answers to this question. Firms that are (1) similar or (2) connected throug

Today, moral questions tend to become more important to voters in many countries. Is it possible to understand - and predict - how the public opinion changes on moral issues?

Mathematical Social Sciences, 77, 1-8. Abstract Here we propose the idea that the success of an argument in favor of an issue position should depend on whether the argument resonates with the audience’s

Royal Society Open Science, vol. 9, issue 4 Abstract The General Social Survey, conducted every 2 years, measures public opinion on a wide range of moral issues. The data from the 2020 survey are expect

Plos One Abstract Concerns have been raised that immigrants coming to Europe bring fundamentally different social values, affecting the more liberal receiving societies negatively. However, the topic of

How come today’s conservatives are more liberal than yesterday’s liberals? Why has the public opinion in large parts of the world shifted so rapidly in favor of gay and lesbian rights, but been virtua

Journal of Applied Philosophy Abstract Work has always been a significant source of ethical questions, philosophical reflec-tion, and political struggle. Although thefutureof work in a sense is always a

Christian Munthe, Professor of Practical Philosophy, University of Gothenburg and comments by Olle Häggström, Professor of Mathematical Statistics at Chalmers. "The Price of Precaution: Evaluating Acti