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Freedom and the Ethics of Plant-Based Diets in University Food Services Open
A number of universities have implemented policies to increase the proportion of plant-based items offered by their food services as part of efforts to promote environmental sustainability and health. This article explores student freedom …
View article: How do high-level African directors of policy and planning operationalize health equity? Findings from a regional survey
How do high-level African directors of policy and planning operationalize health equity? Findings from a regional survey Open
This study investigates the operationalization of health equity and associated challenges faced by directors of policy and planning and those in related positions in the African Region. The results of this study demonstrate that health equ…
Unilateral Action on Climate Change and the Moral Obligation to Take Leadership Open
We claim that a moral obligation to take climate leadership by means of unilateral mitigation depends on the existence of a plausible follow‐the‐leader mechanism whereby unilateral mitigation by some increases the probability of sufficient…
A Dynamic Collapse Concept for Climate Change Open
Despite growing interest in risks of societal collapse due to anthropogenic climate change, there exists no consensus about how collapse should be understood. In this article, we critically examine existing definitions and argue that none …
A forward-looking approach to climate change and the risk of societal collapse Open
This article proposes a forward-looking approach to studying societal collapse risks related to climate change. Such an approach should indicate how to study emerging collapse risks and suggest strategies for adapting to them. Our approach…
Collapse, social tipping dynamics, and framing climate change Open
In this article, we claim that recent developments in climate science and renewable energy should prompt a reframing of debates surrounding climate change mitigation. Taken together, we argue that these developments suggest (1) global clim…
Climate Precaution and Producer versus Consumer Dependence on Fossil Fuels Open
This article explores the consequences of falling costs of solar and wind power for the ethics of climate change mitigation. We suggest that price competitiveness of renewables reveals a divergence of interest between fossil fuel consumers…
Evidence-based Medicine and Mechanistic Evidence: The Case of the Failed Rollout of Efavirenz in Zimbabwe Open
Evidence-based medicine (EBM) has long deemphasized mechanistic reasoning and pathophysiological rationale in assessing the effectiveness of interventions. The EBM+ movement has challenged this stance, arguing that evidence of mechanisms a…
Climate change and the threat to civilization Open
This comment prompts more research into the mechanisms and links between climate change and civilizational collapse, ranging from local to global collapse.
View article: Diverse Discussion in Public Deliberation on Cancer Drug Funding
Diverse Discussion in Public Deliberation on Cancer Drug Funding Open
Structured deliberations among members of the public are increasingly viewed as useful inputs to health policy decisions that also rely on scientific evidence and expertise. Such deliberations typically aim for discussions that explore a d…
Diversity, Trust, and Conformity: A Simulation Study Open
Previous simulation models have found positive effects of cognitive diversity on group performance, but have not explored effects of diversity in demographics (e.g., gender, ethnicity). In this paper, we present an agent-based model that c…
View article: Diverse Discussion in Public Deliberation on Cancer Drug Funding
Diverse Discussion in Public Deliberation on Cancer Drug Funding Open
Structured deliberations among members of the public are increasingly viewed as useful inputs to health policy decisions that also rely on scientific evidence and expertise. Such deliberations typically aim for discussions that explore a d…
View article: Rethinking Representation and Diversity in Deliberative Minipublics
Rethinking Representation and Diversity in Deliberative Minipublics Open
Deliberative minipublics often seek to recruit participants who are representative and diverse. This raises theoretical and practical challenges, because representativeness and diversity can be interpreted in multiple ways and can conflict…
Adjusting Inferential Thresholds to Reflect Nonepistemic Values Open
Many philosophers have challenged the ideal of value-free science on the grounds that social or moral values are relevant to inferential thresholds. But given this view, how precisely and to what extent should scientists adjust their infer…
Multiple diversity concepts and their ethical-epistemic implications Open
A concept of diversity is an understanding of what makes a group diverse that may be applicable in a variety of contexts. We distinguish three diversity concepts, show that each can be found in discussions of diversity in science, and expl…
Human values and the value of humanities in interdisciplinary research Open
Research integrating the perspectives of different disciplines, or interdisciplinary research, has become increasingly common in academia and is considered important for its ability to address complex questions and problems. This mode of r…