Should you reduce your energy consumption? Tragically enough, it may be better for you, and for everyone involved, to refrain from doing so even if you care about the climate. Given …
S Fullhart - Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Some normative theories are self‐defeating. They tell us to respond to our situations in ways that bring about outcomes that are bad, given the aims of the theories, and which could have …
T Supèr - Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics, 2024 - ejpe.org
We often encounter situations in which an undesirable outcome is brought about through a series or collection of seemingly inconsequential actions. This phenomenon, referred to as …
AT Schmidt - Journal of Moral Philosophy, 2024 - brill.com
Several important questions in applied ethics–like whether to switch to a plant-based diet, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, or vote in elections–seem to share the following …
S Fullhart - Journal of Moral Philosophy, 2024 - brill.com
In collective action problems, large numbers of contributions together produce a good outcome, but any one contribution often makes no difference. Many philosophers think that …
When I started this dissertation five years ago, I wanted to write something which would explain what we should do when we disagree about who or what is rational to believe …
Climate change is a well-understood problem with well-understood solutions. Why, then, has there been so little effective climate change mitigation action? In this dissertation, I …