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14 March, 2018

An Egalitarian Argument Against Reducing Deprivation

Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, Volume 20, Issue 5,  pp 957–968, doi.org/10.1007/s10677-017-9842-x. Abstract Deprivations normally give rise to undeserved inequality. It is commonly thought that one

Type of publication: Journal articles | Mosquera, Julia
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11 August, 2023
Reducing populations' vulnerabilities to mis-disinformation related to scientific content

Reducing populations' vulnerabilities to mis-disinformation related to scientific content

The purpose of this project is to develop evidence-based strategies to address populations’ vulnerabilities to scientific mis-disinformation.

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26 June, 2018

Refusing to acknowledge the problem: Interests of the few, implications for the many.

In: G. Sosa-Nunez, & E. Atkins (Eds). E-IR Edited Collections: Environment, climate change and international relations. E-International Relations Publishing. Read more about Edited Collection – Envi

Type of publication: Chapters | Jylhä, Kirsti
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09 April, 2019

Climate Change and Optimum Population

The Monist, Volume 102, Issue 1, pages: 42-65. doi.org/10.1093/monist/ony021 Abstract It is often claimed that reducing population size would be advantageous for climate change mitigation, on the ground

Type of publication: Journal articles | Greaves, Hilary
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23 November, 2023
The future of disabilities: The ethics and politics of disability and technology

The future of disabilities: The ethics and politics of disability and technology

This project will investigate how theories on equality and justice are affected by the fact that many disabilities are becoming a matter of choice as a consequence of the use of new technologies.

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22 January, 2024

Theron Pummer: Future Suffering and the Non-Identity Problem

Venue:Institutet för framtidsstudier, Holländargatan 13, 4th floor, Stockholm, or online. Research seminar with Theron Pummer, Professor of Philosophy at the University of St Andrews. Register hereAbstr

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17 November, 2016
Julia Mosquera

Julia Mosquera

I defended my dissertation in philosophy at the University of Reading, UK 2017. My dissertation, Disability, Equality, and Future Generations,is an attempt to answer the question of how egalitarian soc

PhD, Philosophy
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20 January, 2020
A Climate Bank to Combat Climate Change: A conversation between John Broome & Gustaf Arrhenius podcast

A Climate Bank to Combat Climate Change: A conversation between John Broome & Gustaf Arrhenius

Reducing emissions and combatting climate change now will be of huge value for the coming generations. In principle this value could be used to fund the huge green investment loans needed today in ord

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03 February, 2017

Missions

In addition to research projects that are funded by research grants, we also work with missions from different agencies. The following are now ongoing missions. The global politics of AI and healthcareCli

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10 March, 2016

Of Malthus and Methuselah: does longevity treatment aggravate global catastrophic risks?

Physica Scripta 89 128005 (7pp) Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Abstract  Global catastrophic risk is a term that refers to the risk of the occurrence of an event that kills at least millions of people

Type of publication: Journal articles | Jebari, Karim
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