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Religionsfilosofi 4 Livet är en jämmerdal, präglad av bedrövelser, lidande och allsköns miss- förhållanden, framhåller Demea i del 10 av Humes Dialoger om naturlig religion.! För Demea innebär religionen en tillflyktsort där man kan söka tröst och försoning mitt i livets elände.! För Philo aktualiserar däremot det ondas realitet ett klassiskt problem för (den teistiska) gudstron, med dess full
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Introduction 1 ON THE FULFILLMENT OF MORAL OBLIGATION Michael J. Zimmerman Department of Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Greensboro m_zimme2@uncg.edu ABSTRACT: This paper considers three general views about the nature of moral obligation and three particular answers (with which these views are typically associated) concerning the following question: if on Monday you lend me a book that
https://www.fil.lu.se/hommageawlodek/site/papper/ZimmermanMichael.pdf - 2026-07-24
Authenticity and identity 1 AUTHENTICITY, IDENTITY, AND FIDELITY TO SELF Sigurður Kristinsson Faculty of Law and Social Science, University of Akureyri sigkr@unak.is ABSTRACT: An ideal of authenticity is deeply imbedded in western culture. Following Harry Frankfurt, authenticity might be characterized as fidelity to the person’s essential nature. This suggestion fails, no matter whether personal i
https://www.fil.lu.se/hommageawlodek/site/papper/KristinssonSigurdur.pdf - 2026-07-24
Introduction 1 THE BEST SWIMMERS DROWN – MECHANISMS AND EPISTEMIC RISKS: A CONSTRUCTIVE CRITIQUE OF ELSTER Johannes Persson Department of Philosophy, Lund University Johannes.Persson@fil.lu.se ABSTRACT: According to Jon Elster, mechanisms are frequently occurring and easily recognizable causal patterns that are triggered under generally unknown conditions or with indeterminate consequences. In the
https://www.fil.lu.se/hommageawlodek/site/papper/PerssonJohannes.pdf - 2026-07-24
Buck-Passing and the Buck-Passing and the Consequentialism/Deontology Distinction* Jonas Olson Brasenose College, University of Oxford jonas.olson@philosophy.ox.ac.uk Abstract. According to T.M. Scanlon’s ‘buck-passing’ account of value, for something to be valuable is not for it to possess value as a simple and unanalysable property, but rather to have other properties that provide reasons to tak
https://www.fil.lu.se/hommageawlodek/site/papper/OlsonJonas.pdf - 2026-07-24
If there are positive facts, there are negative facts IF YOU BELIEVE IN POSITIVE FACTS, YOU SHOULD BELIEVE IN NEGATIVE FACTS* Gunnar Björnsson Department of Philosophy, Göteborg University gunnar.bjornsson@filosofi.gu.se ABSTRACT: Substantial metaphysical theory has long struggled with the question of negative facts, facts capable of making it true that Valerie isn’t vigorous. This paper argues th
https://www.fil.lu.se/hommageawlodek/site/papper/BjornssonGunnar.pdf - 2026-07-24
Introduction Printed from: Hommage à Wlodek. Philosophical Papers Dedicated to Wlodek Rabinowicz. Ed. T. Rønnow-Rasmussen, B. Petersson, J. Josefsson & D. Egonsson, 2007. www.fil.lu.se/hommageawlodek 1 SUPERIORITY IN VALUE AND THE REPUGNANT CONCLUSION∗ Karsten Klint Jensen Danish Centre for Bioethics and Risk Assessment kkj@foi.dk ABSTRACT: James Griffin has considered a weak form of superiority i
https://www.fil.lu.se/hommageawlodek/site/papper/KlintJensenKarsten.pdf - 2026-07-24
Microsoft Word - Handout 5.docx 1 ERIC BRANDSTEDT FILOSOFISKA INSTITUTIONEN, LUNDS UNIVERSITET Rum 212 Kungshuset, Lundagård, 222 22 Lund SWEDEN e-mail: eric.brandstedt@fil.lu.se tel. 073-6310792 Praktisk filosofi VT14 FPRA11:3 (Praktisk etik) FÖRELÄSNING 5 Miljöetik Har miljö, arter, ekosystem, etc., moralisk ställning? Kan vi handla rätt och fel gentemot naturen? Singer beskriver ett fal
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Justifying Rational Planning: on the indeterminacy of pragmatic considerations Justifying Rational Choice: the role of success* Bruno Verbeek Leiden University, Netherlands §1 Introduction The theory of rational choice can be interpreted in several ways. One can regard the theory as a representing the choices of agents. The theory is interpreted as an empirical hypothesis for further research. Alt
https://www.fil.lu.se/hommageawlodek/site/papper/VerbeekBruno.pdf - 2026-07-24
Microsoft Word - PeterssonBjorn.doc COLLECTIVE OMISSIONS AND RESPONSIBILITY∗ Björn Petersson Department of Philosophy, Lund University bjorn.petersson@fil.lu.se ABSTRACT: As Virginia Held, Larry May and Torbjörn Tännsjö have argued, it can be plausible to hold loosely structured sets of individuals morally responsible for failing to act collectively, if this would be needed to prevent some harm. O
https://www.fil.lu.se/hommageawlodek/site/papper/PeterssonBjorn.pdf - 2026-07-24
Introduction Printed from: Hommage à Wlodek. Philosophical Papers Dedicated to Wlodek Rabinowicz. Ed. T. Rønnow-Rasmussen, B. Petersson, J. Josefsson & D. Egonsson, 2007. www.fil.lu.se/hommageawlodek 1 CONSENSUS BY AGGREGATION AND DELIBERATION Richard Bradley Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method London School of Economics r.bradley@lse.ac.uk ABSTRACT: On the face of it both aggreg
https://www.fil.lu.se/hommageawlodek/site/papper/BradleyRichard.pdf - 2026-07-24
MERITARIAN AXIOLOGIES AND DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE Printed from: Hommage à Wlodek. Philosophical Papers Dedicated to Wlodek Rabinowicz. Ed. T. Rønnow-Rasmussen, B. Petersson, J. Josefsson & D. Egonsson, 2007. www.fil.lu.se/hommageawlodek 1 MERITARIAN AXIOLOGIES AND DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE Gustaf Arrhenius Department of Philosophy, Stockholm University The Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study Gustaf.Arrhe
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Introduction 1 PLEASURE, PREFERENCE, AND HAPPINESS: VARIATIONS ON THEMES FROM MILL Johan Brännmark Department of Philosophy, Lund University johan.brannmark@fil.lu.se ABSTRACT: Mill’s qualitative hedonism has been subject to much debate. It was formulated to strike a balance between classical hedonism and perfectionist conceptions of happiness and many have thought that either it is an abandonment
https://www.fil.lu.se/hommageawlodek/site/papper/BrannmarkJohan.pdf - 2026-07-24
Cambridge, September 6 Printed from: Homage à Wlodek. Philosophical Papers Dedicated to Wlodek Rabinowicz. Eds. T. Rønnow-Rasmussen, B. Petersson, J. Josefsson & D. Egonssson, 2007. www.fil.lu.se/HomageaWlodek WELL-BEING AND CHANGING PREFERENCES Krister Bykvist Jesus College, Oxford krister.bykvist@jesus.ox.ac.uk ABSTRACT: How do we determine the well-being of a person when her preferences are not
https://www.fil.lu.se/hommageawlodek/site/papper/BykvistKrister.pdf - 2026-07-24
Fresh Air Fresh Air?* Folke Tersman Stockholm University & University of Auckland 1. Introduction Imagine a closed room where the oxygen is running low. The people in the room are starting to doze off, and some are even on the verge of drifting into unconsciousness. When fresh air is finally let in, some are enlivened and energized, whereas others, who are in a sadder state, are less easily revive
https://www.fil.lu.se/hommageawlodek/site/papper/TersmanFolke.pdf - 2026-07-24
Phil 760 Printed from: Homage à Wlodek. Philosophical Papers Dedicated to Wlodek Rabinowicz. Eds. T. Rønnow-Rasmussen, B. Petersson, J. Josefsson & D. Egonssson, 2007. www.fil.lu.se/HomageaWlodek Happiness and Subjective Desire Satisfaction: Wayne Davis’s Theory of Happiness* Fred Feldman University of Massachusetts at Amherst ffeldman@philos.umass.edu ABSTRACT: There is a lively debate about the
https://www.fil.lu.se/hommageawlodek/site/papper/FeldmanFred.pdf - 2026-07-24
Printed from: Hommage à Wlodek. Philosophical Papers Dedicated to Wlodek Rabinowicz. Ed. T. Rønnow-Rasmussen, B. Petersson, J. Josefsson & D. Egonsson, 2007. www.fil.lu.se/hommageawlodek Semantics and the Justification of Deductive Inference∗ Ebba Gullberg ebba.gullberg@philos.umu.se Sten Lindstr̈om sten.lindstrom@philos.umu.se Ume̊a University Abstract Is it possible to give a justification of ou
https://www.fil.lu.se/hommageawlodek/site/papper/Gullberg&Lindstrom.pdf - 2026-07-24
Introduction Printed from: Hommage à Wlodek. Philosophical Papers Dedicated to Wlodek Rabinowicz. Ed. T. Rønnow-Rasmussen, B. Petersson, J. Josefsson & D. Egonsson, 2007. www.fil.lu.se/hommageawlodek 1 INTENTIONALITY, KNOWLEDGE AND FORMAL OBJECTS Kevin Mulligan (Geneva) §1 Intentionality §2 Correctness Conditions vs. Satisfaction Conditions §3 Knowledge & Facts §4 Knowledge & Values §5 Knowledge v
https://www.fil.lu.se/hommageawlodek/site/papper/MulliganKevin.pdf - 2026-07-24
Descartes on Virtue Descartes on Virtue∗ By Lilli Alanen and Frans Svensson (Uppsala University) 1. Introduction In letters to Princess Elizabeth of Bohemia and Queen Christina of Sweden, as well as in parts of the Passions of the Soul, Descartes provide at least the outlines of an ethical theory.1 Most energy is devoted to the characterization of an ideal of moral virtue, which according to Desca
https://www.fil.lu.se/hommageawlodek/site/papper/Alanen&Svensson.pdf - 2026-07-24
WR – cooperation and its cogniive demands Printed from: Hommage à Wlodek. Philosophical Papers Dedicated to Wlodek Rabinowicz. Ed. T. Rønnow-Rasmussen, B. Petersson, J. Josefsson & D. Egonsson, 2007. www.fil.lu.se/hommageawlodek 1 The Cognitive and Communicative Demands of Cooperation Peter Gärdenfors Lund University Cognitive Science Kungshuset, Lundagård S-223 50 Lund, Sweden Peter.Gardenfors@lu
https://www.fil.lu.se/hommageawlodek/site/papper/GardenforsPeter.pdf - 2026-07-24
