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Deontology, responsibility, and equality

Copenhagen: Institut for Medier, Erkendelse og Formidling, Afdeling for Filosofi, Pædagogik og Retorik, University of Copenhagen (2005)

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  1. No Offense! On the Offense Principle and Some New Challenges.Thomas Søbirk Petersen - 2016 - Criminal Law and Philosophy 10 (2):355-365.
    A central aim within criminal justice ethics is to give a plausible justification concerning which type of acts ought to be criminalized by the state. One of the principles of criminalization which has been presented and critically discussed in the philosophical literature is the Offense Principle. The primary aim of this paper is to argue that unless a rather special and implausible objective list theory of well-being is accepted, the Offense Principle should be subsumed in the Harm Principle.
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  • Being Worse Off: But in Comparison with What? On the Baseline Problem of Harm and the Harm Principle.Thomas Søbirk Petersen - 2014 - Res Publica 20 (2):199-214.
    Several liberal philosophers and penal theorists have argued that the state has a reason to prohibit acts that harm individuals. But what is harm? According to one specification of harm, a person P is harmed by an act (or an event) a iff, as a result of a, P is made worse off in terms of well-being. One central question here involves the baseline against which we assess whether someone is ‘worse off’. In other words, when a person is harmed (...)
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  • Why no compromise is possible.Torbjörn Tännsjö - 2007 - Metaphilosophy 38 (2-3):330–343.
    Adherents of different moral views hold conflicting views on the permissibility of embryonic stem cell research. Pace Ronald Dworkin, no liberal compromise is possible. Whichever way the decision goes, some people will be deeply hurt and feel that basic moral principles are being flouted. And yet, when a majority exists in defence of such research, it should not hesitate to allow it.
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