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92Ambivalent StereotypesRes Publica. forthcoming.People often discriminate based on negative or positive stereotypes about others. Important examples of this are highlighted by the theory of ambivalent sexism. This theory distinguishes sexist stereotypes that are negative (hostile sexism) from those that are positive (benevolent sexism). While both forms of sexism are considered wrong towards women, hostile sexism seems intuitively worse than benevolent sexism. In this article, we ask whether the difference between discriminating based on posi…Read more
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100Gender Equality through “Daddy Quotas”? Paternalism and the Limits of Parental AutonomySocial Theory and Practice. forthcoming.The policy of earmarked paternity leave aims to promote mothers’ position in the labor market and fathers’ relationship with their child. Critics argue that the policy prevents parents from pursuing their own ideas about what is best for them. This provides reason to consider whether the policy is paternalistic or, in other ways, disrespectful of parental autonomy. I argue that the state implicates itself in the gender inequalities that result from parents’ unequal parental leave agreements when…Read more
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114For the Greater Individual and Social Good: Justifying Age-Differentiated PaternalismUtilitas 36 (1): 1-15. 2024.What justifies differences in the acceptance of paternalism towards competent minors and older people? I propose two arguments. The first argument draws on the widely accepted view that paternalism is easier to justify the more good it promotes for the paternalizee. It argues that paternalism targeting young people generally promotes more good for the people interfered with than similar paternalism targeting older people. While promoting people's interests or well-being is essential to the justi…Read more
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15Does harm or disrespect make discrimination wrong? An experimental approachPhilosophical Psychology. forthcoming.While standard forms of discrimination are widely considered morally wrong, philosophers disagree about what makes them so. Two accounts have risen to prominence in this debate: One stressing how wrongful discrimination disrespects the discriminatee, the other how the harms involved make discrimination wrong. While these accounts are based on carefully constructed thought experiments, proponents of both sides see their positions as in line with and, in part, supported by the folk theory of the m…Read more
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14Workplace heating and gender discriminationBioethics 38 (2): 107-113. 2024.Across Europe, countries are reducing CO2 emissions and energy demand by lowering the temperature in public office buildings. These measures affect men and women unequally because the latter prefer and, indeed, perform better under higher temperatures than the standard temperature. Lowering the temperature thus further increases an already existing inequality. We show that the philosophical literature on discrimination provides an interesting theoretical approach to understanding such measures. …Read more
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68Workplace Heating and Gender DiscriminationBioethics. forthcoming.Across Europe, countries are reducing CO2 emissions and energy demand by lowering the temperature in public office buildings. These measures affect men and women unequally because the latter prefer and, indeed, perform better under higher temperatures than the standard temperature. Lowering the temperature thus further increases an already existing inequality. We show that the philosophical literature on discrimination provides an interesting theoretical approach to understanding such measures. …Read more
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3The Imprudence Trilemma: Sufficiency, Non-Paternalism, and Cost-SensitivityDissertation, Aarhus University. 2019.
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In defence of age-differentiated paternalismIn Greg Bognar & Axel Gosseries (eds.), Ageing Without Ageism: Conceptual Puzzles and Policy Proposals, Oxford University Press. 2023.
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13In Defense of Intentionally Shaping People's ChoicesPolitical Research Quarterly 75 (4). 2022.In defense of nudging policies, proponents have pointed out that choice architecture is inevitable. However, critics have objected that shaping people’s choices in an intentional way is not inevitable and involves an objectionable substitution of judgment, with the choice architect imposing his will on others. Accordingly, the inevitability of choice architecture in general does not provide reason to accept intentional nudges. In contrast to this view, the paper argues that precisely because the…Read more
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318Affirmative Action, Paternalism, and RespectBritish Journal of Political Science. forthcoming.This article investigates the hitherto under-examined relations between affirmative action, paternalism and respect. We provide three main arguments. First, we argue that affirmative action initiatives are typically paternalistic and thus disrespectful towards those intended beneficiaries who oppose the initiatives in question. Second, we argue that not introducing affirmative action can also be disrespectful towards these potential beneficiaries because such inaction involves a failure to adequ…Read more
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12Nudging Voters and Encouraging Pre-commitment: Beyond Mandatory TurnoutRes Publica 30 (2): 267-283. 2024.The discussion on mandatory turnout, which controversially introduces coercion at the heart of the electoral process, illustrates a dilemma between increasing voter turnout on the one hand and avoiding coercion on the other. If successful, a recent proposal by Elliott solves this dilemma as it removes the compulsory element of mandatory turnout. Specifically, Elliot reinterprets the policy’s purpose as (a) a pre-commitment device for those who believe that they have a duty to vote and (b) a nudg…Read more
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53Respectful PaternalismLaw and Philosophy 40 (4): 419-442. 2021.A common objection to paternalism concerns its expressive content. Many reject paternalistic policies and actions on the ground that they arguably involve insulting expressions of disrespect toward those subjected to them. The paper challenges this view. It argues that refraining from acting paternalistically can be disrespectful. Specifically, the paper argues that there is a relevant way in which A disregards the moral worth of B if A stands idly by when B is about to act very imprudently. If …Read more
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13Harm to Self or OthersSocial Theory and Practice 45 (2): 287-305. 2019.Opponents of paternalism have sought to formulate non-paternalistic arguments for some seemingly reasonable but apparently paternalistic policies. This article addresses two such non-paternalistic arguments—the public charge argument and the psychic harm argument. The gist of both arguments is that a person’s imprudent or risky behavior often affects the interests of others adversely, and that this justifies restricting his or her behavior in various ways. The article shows that both arguments f…Read more
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15Harm to Self or OthersSocial Theory and Practice 45 (2): 287-305. 2019.Opponents of paternalism have sought to formulate non-paternalistic arguments for some seemingly reasonable but apparently paternalistic policies. This article addresses two such non-paternalistic arguments—the public charge argument and the psychic harm argument. The gist of both arguments is that a person’s imprudent or risky behavior often affects the interests of others adversely, and that this justifies restricting his or her behavior in various ways. The article shows that both arguments f…Read more
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50Freeze the Biological Clock: Discrimination, Disrespect, and Fertility Preservation via Social FreezingJournal of Applied Philosophy 39 (3): 456-470. 2022.Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
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Political Theory |
Equality |
Discrimination |
Paternalism |
Affirmative Action |
Egalitarianism |
Priority and Prioritarianism |
Freedom and Liberty |
Distributive Justice |
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