Luc Bovens

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Luc Bovens is a Belgian professor of philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Bovens is a former editor of Economics and Philosophy. His main areas of research are moral and political philosophy, philosophy of economics, philosophy of public policy, Bayesian epistemology, rational choice theory, and voting theory. He has also published work, of some controversy to the anti-abortion movement, on issues regarding abortion and natural family planning methods of contraception.

Published Works

• The Ethics of Nudge
• The Value of Hope
• Democratic Answers to Complex Questions – An Epistemic Perspective
• A Utilitarian Assessment of Alternative Decision Rules in the Council of Ministers
• Bayesian Epistemology
• Welfarist evaluations of decision rules for boards of representatives
• Sour Grapes and Character Planning
• Bayesian Networks and the Problem of Unreliable Instruments
• A Lockean defense of grandfathering emission rights
• An Impossibility Result for Coherence Rankings
Too Odd (Not) to Be True? A Reply to Olsson
Why There Cannot be a Single Probabilistic Measure of Coherence
A power measure analysis of Amendment 36 in Colorado
ARTICLES
Nudges and Cultural Variance: a Note on Selinger and Whyte
XII-Apologies
The Ethics of Dieselgate
Child euthanasia: should we just not talk about it?
EVALUATING LIFE OR DEATH PROSPECTS
Measuring common standards and equal responsibility-sharing in EU asylum outcome data
On arguments from self-interest for the Nash solution and the Kalai egalitarian solution to the bargaining problem
Minimizing the threat of a positive majority deficit in two-tier voting systems with equipopulous units
Voting Procedures for Complex Collective Decisions. An Epistemic Perspective
CONCERNS FOR THE POORLY OFF IN ORDERING RISKY PROSPECTS
Why couldn't I benudgedto dislike a Big Mac?
The Intentional Acquisition of Mental States
Supervenience and moral realsim
Measuring voting power for dependent voters through causal models
Real Nudge
Don't Mess With My Smokes: Cigarettes and Freedom
Bets on Hats: On Dutch Books Against Groups, Degrees of Belief as Betting Rates, and Group-Reflection
The puzzle of the hats
The Value of Hope
Why There Cannot be a Single Probabilistic Measure of Coherence
Behavioural public policies and charitable giving
Introduction
Coherence
Selection under Uncertainty: Affirmative Action at Shortlisting Stage: Table 1.
Factions in Rousseau's Du Contrat Social and federal representation
Belief Expansion, Contextual Fit, and the Reliability of Information Sources
Bayesian Networks in Philosophy
Book review
Coherence arguments and cyclical moral rankings
Special issue of Synthese on Bayesian Epistemology
The gender-neutral bathroom: a new frame and some nudges
The Tragedy of the Commons as a Voting Game
Principles of supervenience
Information
Reliability
Confirmation
Testimony
Epilogue
Does it Matter whether a Miracle-like Event Happens to Oneself rather than to Someone Else?
The Meaning of ‘Darn it!’
The Ethics of Making Risky Decisions for Others
“From Each according to Ability; To Each according to Needs”
'From Each according to Ability; To Each according to Needs' Origin, Meaning, and Development of Socialist Slogans
What Is This Thing Called Love?
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University of Minnesota

Public research university in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States

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