Akihiro Inoue
Biographic Data
| ID | 125028 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Akihiro Inoue |
| GIVEN NAMES | Akihiro |
| FAMILY NAME | Inoue |
| SIGNATURE | INOUE A |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Tokyo |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7454-7880 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Choice-Changing Effects of Post-Disclosure: Default Nudges Revisited
This study explores whether the effectiveness of default nudges, which involve preselecting a preferred option, persists after disclosing the nudge to individuals. While numerous earlier studies have suggested disclosure did not diminish nudge efficacy, they have not explicitly situated the nudging agent’s identity and motivations within specific political and social contexts. In this survey experiment, which incorporated such information into th…
Against Rawlsian Political Autonomy
According to the idea of public reason, fundamental political questions should be resolved solely on the basis of considerations that all citizens can reasonably accept. While various rationales—such as the ideal of civic friendship—have been offered in support of public reason, most arguments assume ideal, well‐ordered conditions. Yet many real‐world societies are far from ideal, often dominated by unreasonable persons—sometimes even those in po…
Citizen Preferences Matter: Against the Moderate Republican Conception of Freedom
In this paper, I argue that the most recent moderate republican conception of freedom is not sufficiently plausible in all relevant cases. The most recent moderate republican view does not capture the distinctive character of republican freedom, or freedom of the person, because it focuses exclusively on the type-difference of a supposedly powerful agent, not on the type-difference of those affected by that agent, such as civic-type or non-civic-…
Refund: A defense of luck egalitarian policy in healthcare
Relational Egalitarianism and Intergenerational Justice: Reply to Sommers
It is often argued that relational egalitarianism has a fundamental problem with intergenerational justice when compared to other theories of justice such as utilitarianism, prioritarianism, and luck egalitarianism. Recently, Timothy Sommers argued that there is no such comparative disadvantage for relational egalitarianism. His argument is quite modest: it merely aims to reject the claim that there could be no way to extend relational egalitaria…
Reflective equilibrium in practice and model selection: A methodological proposal from a survey experiment on the theories of distributive justice
In political philosophy, reflective equilibrium is a standard method used to systematically reconcile intuitive judgments with theoretical principles. In this paper, we propose that survey experiments and a model selection method—i.e., the Akaike Information Criterion (AIC)-based model selection method—can be viewed together as a methodological means of satisfying the epistemic desiderata implicit in reflective equilibrium. To show this, we condu…
How can we accept ‘our’ decisions: An Experimental Study on Lottocracy, Epistocracy, and Electoral Democracy
Lottocracy and epistocracy have received deeply insightful attention as political regimes. Herein, by conducting an experiment using an online survey, we explored the extent to which public opinion is receptive to political decisions under various regimes regarding two environmental policies: education policy and environmental tax policy. By doing so, we examined whether the presence of tax burdens affected the acceptability of political regimes,…
A Lockean Theory of Climate Justice for Food Security
The Proper Scope of the All-Subjected Principle
This article shows that the democratic borders argument is defensible, albeit not in the way Arash Abizadeh proposes. The democratic borders argument depends on the All-Subjected Principle, according to which the exercise of political power is justified only insofar as everyone who is subjected to that power is guaranteed a right to vote. According to the so-called “scope objection,” the scope of the All-Subjected Principle is too broad, however,…
Libertarian approaches to the Covid‐19 pandemic
This study examines the practical implications of libertarian theories of justice in the context of the COVID‐19 pandemic. First, we show that the libertarian central value of freedom does not just include economic and political autonomy but also one's right to life. Secondly, we demonstrate that lockdown measures are acceptable to libertarianism if they are appropriately implemented. Nevertheless, in contrast to a utilitarian approach, libertari…
A Defense of Pluralist Egalitarianism under Severe Uncertainty: Axiomatic Characterization
Severe uncertainty plays a critical role in many problems of distributive justice, such as social security, public health, public projects, budget deficits, and climate change. Under severe uncertainty, available information does not allow us to assign precise probabilities to possible states of affairs. A recent example of severe uncertainty is the impact of COVID-19. How policy-makers should evaluate different distributions of well-being in suc…
Keith Dowding, Power, Luck and Freedom: Collected Essays
Inequalities, responsibility and rational capacities: A defence of responsibility-sensitive egalitarianism
This article aims to defend responsibility-sensitive egalitarianism by arguing for the rational capacities-based principle of responsibility as a plausible conception of an agent's responsibility for inequalities caused by his or her choice in responsibility-sensitive egalitarianism. I show that the rational capacities-based principle of responsibility is not only philosophically defensible as a conception of genuine choice, but also promising en…
Rethinking Nudge: Libertarian paternalism and classical utilitarianism
Recently, libertarian paternalism has been intensely debated. It recommends us to employ policies and practices that "nudge" ordinary people to make better choices without forcing them to do so. Nudging policies and practices have penetrated our society, in cases like purchasing life insurance or a residence. They are also used for preventing people from addictive acts that may be harmful to them in the long run, such as having too much sugary or…
Beyond a Strictly Political Liberalism? Critical Response to Abbey
No abstract
The effect of sight levels on daily stressors and coping styles
The structures of daily stressful events of visually impaired people are reported, and the effects of the sight levels of the subjects on these structures are examined. Sixty‐nine visually impaired people (22 males, 47 females) were interviewed and divided into three groups according to their sight levels. Subjects provided examples of stressful events for three coping styles ( Don’t, Do by others, Do by oneself ). Statistical analyses of the dat…
Academism and the politics of culture in the Pacific
2000). Academism and the politics of culture in the Pacific. Anthropological Forum: Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 157-177
How can we accept ‘our’ decisions: An Experimental Study on Lottocracy, Epistocracy, and Electoral Democracy
Lottocracy and epistocracy have received deeply insightful attention as political regimes. Herein, by conducting an experiment using an online survey, we explored the extent to which public opinion is receptive to political decisions under various regimes regarding two environmental policies: education policy and environmental tax policy. By doing so, we examined whether the presence of tax burdens affected the acceptability of political regimes,…
Rethinking Nudge: Libertarian paternalism and classical utilitarianism
Recently, libertarian paternalism has been intensely debated. It recommends us to employ policies and practices that "nudge" ordinary people to make better choices without forcing them to do so. Nudging policies and practices have penetrated our society, in cases like purchasing life insurance or a residence. They are also used for preventing people from addictive acts that may be harmful to them in the long run, such as having too much sugary or…
Academism and the politics of culture in the Pacific
2000). Academism and the politics of culture in the Pacific. Anthropological Forum: Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 157-177
Academism and the politics of culture in the Pacific
2000). Academism and the politics of culture in the Pacific. Anthropological Forum: Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 157-177
The effect of sight levels on daily stressors and coping styles
The structures of daily stressful events of visually impaired people are reported, and the effects of the sight levels of the subjects on these structures are examined. Sixty‐nine visually impaired people (22 males, 47 females) were interviewed and divided into three groups according to their sight levels. Subjects provided examples of stressful events for three coping styles ( Don’t, Do by others, Do by oneself ). Statistical analyses of the dat…
Beyond a Strictly Political Liberalism? Critical Response to Abbey
No abstract
Inequalities, responsibility and rational capacities: A defence of responsibility-sensitive egalitarianism
This article aims to defend responsibility-sensitive egalitarianism by arguing for the rational capacities-based principle of responsibility as a plausible conception of an agent's responsibility for inequalities caused by his or her choice in responsibility-sensitive egalitarianism. I show that the rational capacities-based principle of responsibility is not only philosophically defensible as a conception of genuine choice, but also promising en…
Rethinking Nudge: Libertarian paternalism and classical utilitarianism
Recently, libertarian paternalism has been intensely debated. It recommends us to employ policies and practices that "nudge" ordinary people to make better choices without forcing them to do so. Nudging policies and practices have penetrated our society, in cases like purchasing life insurance or a residence. They are also used for preventing people from addictive acts that may be harmful to them in the long run, such as having too much sugary or…
Keith Dowding, Power, Luck and Freedom: Collected Essays
Libertarian approaches to the Covid‐19 pandemic
This study examines the practical implications of libertarian theories of justice in the context of the COVID‐19 pandemic. First, we show that the libertarian central value of freedom does not just include economic and political autonomy but also one's right to life. Secondly, we demonstrate that lockdown measures are acceptable to libertarianism if they are appropriately implemented. Nevertheless, in contrast to a utilitarian approach, libertari…
A Defense of Pluralist Egalitarianism under Severe Uncertainty: Axiomatic Characterization
Severe uncertainty plays a critical role in many problems of distributive justice, such as social security, public health, public projects, budget deficits, and climate change. Under severe uncertainty, available information does not allow us to assign precise probabilities to possible states of affairs. A recent example of severe uncertainty is the impact of COVID-19. How policy-makers should evaluate different distributions of well-being in suc…
A Lockean Theory of Climate Justice for Food Security
The Proper Scope of the All-Subjected Principle
This article shows that the democratic borders argument is defensible, albeit not in the way Arash Abizadeh proposes. The democratic borders argument depends on the All-Subjected Principle, according to which the exercise of political power is justified only insofar as everyone who is subjected to that power is guaranteed a right to vote. According to the so-called “scope objection,” the scope of the All-Subjected Principle is too broad, however,…
Refund: A defense of luck egalitarian policy in healthcare
Relational Egalitarianism and Intergenerational Justice: Reply to Sommers
It is often argued that relational egalitarianism has a fundamental problem with intergenerational justice when compared to other theories of justice such as utilitarianism, prioritarianism, and luck egalitarianism. Recently, Timothy Sommers argued that there is no such comparative disadvantage for relational egalitarianism. His argument is quite modest: it merely aims to reject the claim that there could be no way to extend relational egalitaria…
Reflective equilibrium in practice and model selection: A methodological proposal from a survey experiment on the theories of distributive justice
In political philosophy, reflective equilibrium is a standard method used to systematically reconcile intuitive judgments with theoretical principles. In this paper, we propose that survey experiments and a model selection method—i.e., the Akaike Information Criterion (AIC)-based model selection method—can be viewed together as a methodological means of satisfying the epistemic desiderata implicit in reflective equilibrium. To show this, we condu…
How can we accept ‘our’ decisions: An Experimental Study on Lottocracy, Epistocracy, and Electoral Democracy
Lottocracy and epistocracy have received deeply insightful attention as political regimes. Herein, by conducting an experiment using an online survey, we explored the extent to which public opinion is receptive to political decisions under various regimes regarding two environmental policies: education policy and environmental tax policy. By doing so, we examined whether the presence of tax burdens affected the acceptability of political regimes,…
Citizen Preferences Matter: Against the Moderate Republican Conception of Freedom
In this paper, I argue that the most recent moderate republican conception of freedom is not sufficiently plausible in all relevant cases. The most recent moderate republican view does not capture the distinctive character of republican freedom, or freedom of the person, because it focuses exclusively on the type-difference of a supposedly powerful agent, not on the type-difference of those affected by that agent, such as civic-type or non-civic-…
The Choice-Changing Effects of Post-Disclosure: Default Nudges Revisited
This study explores whether the effectiveness of default nudges, which involve preselecting a preferred option, persists after disclosing the nudge to individuals. While numerous earlier studies have suggested disclosure did not diminish nudge efficacy, they have not explicitly situated the nudging agent’s identity and motivations within specific political and social contexts. In this survey experiment, which incorporated such information into th…
Against Rawlsian Political Autonomy
According to the idea of public reason, fundamental political questions should be resolved solely on the basis of considerations that all citizens can reasonably accept. While various rationales—such as the ideal of civic friendship—have been offered in support of public reason, most arguments assume ideal, well‐ordered conditions. Yet many real‐world societies are far from ideal, often dominated by unreasonable persons—sometimes even those in po…
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