Person

Reader, Senior Lecturer
- Practical Philosophy
- Department of Philosophy
Contact information
E-mail david.almfil.luse
Phone +46 46 222 09 28
Room LUX:B513
Visiting address
Helgonavägen 3, Lund
Postal address
Box 192, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 30
In recent years the main focus of my research has been in the areas of normative ethics, not least problems pertaining to the concepts of desert, rights and equality. At present I work on the project, "The Moral Significance of Numbers," funded by the Swedish Research Council, which concerns the question of how to explain, within a deontological theory, why it matters morally how many people we are able to save by performing a given action. An earlier project about the nature of moral rights, also funded by the SRC, led to a book, Moral Rights and their Grounds, published by Routledge.
Research
My profile in Lund University research portal
- Lund Human Rights Research Hub (research leader)
- Crime Victims and the Right to Punishment (research leader)
- Dynamic Rights (research leader)
- On Moral Desert (research leader)
- Punishment and Rights (research leader)
Books (1)
Articles (22)
- Alm, D. (2019). A Puzzle About Proportionality. Res Publica, 25, 133-149. Brutus Östlings Bokförlag Symposion.
- Alm, D. (2019). Crime Victims and the Right to Punishment. Criminal Law and Philosophy, 13, 63-81. Springer.
- Alm, D. (2019). Self-Defense, Forfeiture and Necessity. Philosophical Papers, 48, 335-358. Taylor & Francis.
- Alm, D. (2018). Punishment, Consent and Value. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 21, 903-914. Springer.
- Alm, D. (2015). Responsibility, Manipulation and Resentment. Social Theory and Practice. Philosophy Documentation Center.
- Alm, D. (2014). "Is There a Claim to Deserved Punishment?". The Southern Journal of Philosophy, 52, 403-425. Wiley-Blackwell.
- Alm, D. (2013). Manipulation, Responsibility and Rights. Journal of Value Inquiry, 47, 1-15. Springer.
- Alm, D. (2013). Self-Defense, Punishment and Forfeiture. Criminal Justice Ethics, 32. Routledge.
- Hillbom, E., Alm, D., Inghammar, A. & Mahmoud, Y. (2012). Assessing the role of property rights and legal empowerment in poverty reduction. International Social Science Journal, 63. Wiley-Blackwell.
- Alm, D. (2011). Defending Fundamental Requirements of Practical Reason: A Constitutivist Framework. Journal of Philosophical Research, 36, 77-102. Philosophy Documentation Center.
- Alm, D. (2011). How Much Effort Can We Make?. American Philosophical Quarterly, 48, 387-397. University of Illinois Press.
- Alm, D. (2011). Promises, Rights and Claims. Law and Philosophy, 30, 51-76. Springer.
- Alm, D. (2010). Desert and Aggregation. Journal of Political Philosophy, 18, 156-177. Wiley-Blackwell.
- Alm, D. (2010). Desert and the Control Asymmetry. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 13, 361-375. Springer.
- Alm, D. (2010). Equality and Comparative Justice. Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy, 53, 309-325. Routledge.
- Alm, D. (2009). Deontological Restrictions and the Good/Bad Asymmetry. Journal of Moral Philosophy, 6. Brill Academic Publishers.
- Alm, D. (2008). Consequentialism and the Autonomy of the Deontic. Utilitas, 20, 199-216. Cambridge University Press.
- Alm, D. (2008). Contractualism, Reciprocity, Compensation. Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy, 2. University of Southern California.
- Alm, D. (2008). Deontological Restrictions and the Self/Other Asymmetry. Noûs, 42, 642-672. Wiley-Blackwell.
- Alm, D. (2007). An argument for agent-neutral value. Ratio, 20, 249-263. Wiley-Blackwell.
- Alm, D. (2007). Non-Cognitivism and Validity. Theoria, 73, 121-147. Thales.
- Alm, D. (2004). Atomism About Value. Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 82, 312-331. Routledge.
Book chapters (3)
- Alm, D. (2013). Subjectivism, Ethical. In LaFollette, H. (Ed.) International Encyclopedia of Ethics. Wiley-Blackwell.
- Alm, D. (2011). Den yttersta domen. Några filosofiska reflektioner. In Lundell, P. (Ed.) Årsbok, Vetenskapssocieteten i Lund. Årsbok 2011 (pp. 10-19). Vetenskapssocieteten i Lund.
- Alm, D. (2007). On an Apparent Asymmetry in Attitude Desert. In Rønnow-Rasmussen, T., Petersson, B., Josefsson, J. & Egonsson, D. (Eds.) Hommage à Wlodek: Philosophical Papers Dedicated to Wlodek Rabinowicz. Department of Philosophy, Lund University.
Supervision at Lund University (2)
Administrative
- Member, Grundutbildningsnämnden, Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology
Teaching

Reader, Senior Lecturer
- Practical Philosophy
- Department of Philosophy
Contact information
E-mail david.almfil.luse
Phone +46 46 222 09 28
Room LUX:B513
Visiting address
Helgonavägen 3, Lund
Postal address
Box 192, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 30