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60In this thesis, I discuss the aggregation problem for T. M. Scanlon’s “contractualism”. I argue that Scanlonian contractualists have the following two options when it comes to the aggregation problem. First, they can choose to limit aggregation directly via a specific version of the Relevance View, “Sequential Claims-Matching”. Second, Scanlonian contractualists can adopt a so-called “mixed solution” of which I propose a specific version. My mixed solution does not limit aggregation. Rather, it …Read more
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65Relevance rides again? Aggregation and local relevanceIn David Sobel, Peter Vallentyne & Steven Wall (eds.), Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy Volume 6, Oxford University Press. 2020.Often institutions or individuals are faced with decisions where not all claims can be satisfied. Sometimes, these claims will be of differing strength. In such cases, it must be decided whether or not weaker claims can be aggregated in order to collectively defeat stronger claims. Many are attracted to a view, which this chapter calls Limited Aggregation, where this is sometimes acceptable and sometimes not. A new version of this view, Local Relevance, has recently emerged. This chapter seeks t…Read more
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19The Third Pillar: The Revival of Community in a Polarised World, by Raghuram Rajan. London: William Collins, 2019. 464 pp (review)Business Ethics Quarterly 30 (3): 437-439. 2020.
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19The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming: by David Wallace-Wells, New York, NY, Tim Duggan Books, 2019, 320 pp., 27 USD.00 (hardcover), ISBN 978-0525576709Ethics, Policy and Environment 23 (1): 118-121. 2020.The Uninhabitable Earth has one of the most arresting book covers I have ever seen: a single dead honeybee against a clinically white background. If that does not send a chill down your spine, then...
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