Democracy is prone to what may be called presentism–a bias in the laws in favor of present
over future generations. I identify the characteristics of democracies that lead to presentism …

To what extent should parents be allowed to use selection technologies (such as
preimplantation genetic diagnosis) to determine the characteristics of their children? And is …

Is it acceptable to kill an animal that has been granted a pleasant life? This book rigorously
explores the moral basis of the ideal of animal-friendly animal husbandry and sheds new …

Assume we could someday create artificial creatures with intelligence comparable to our
own. Could it be ethical use them as unpaid labor? There is very little philosophical literature …

Contrary from what seems to be the received wisdom in political theory, there is no way that
we can affect future people, at least not people who live several generations later than we …

Wie gut oder schlecht ist die Welt? Das hängt allein davon ab, wie gut oder schlecht es den
Individuen in der Welt geht. Die Welt ist umso besser, je besser es den Individuen geht. Und …

Justice as Right Actions presents an original theory of justice anchored in the analytical
philosophical tradition. In contrast to many contemporary approaches, the theory provides …

The term 'welfarism'is used in a variety of ways in moral philosophy, political theory, and
economics. In this paper, following LW Sumner, it refers to a view about the foundations of …

In a publicly-financed health care system, there is room for the provision of IVF. This is
probably true on an egalitarian account of justice, since the benefit provided to the infertile …

Resumen¿ Puede ser mejor (o peor) para mí existir que no existir? Diversos filósofos lo han
negado, en razón de que si lo fuera, entonces, si yo no existiera, habría sido peor (mejor) …