Lina Eriksson
Biographic Data
| ID | 279660 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lina Eriksson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lina |
| FAMILY NAME | Eriksson |
| SIGNATURE | ERIKSSON L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Flinders University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3205-6239 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Exploring Response Inhibition, the Behavioral Inhibition System and Possible Sex Differences in Athletes and Non-Athletes
The results from this study suggest that it might be meaningful to explore the contribution of sex differences and motivational dispositions on response inhibition in conjunction with different types of sports
Whose Fault Is It: An Account of Complicity in Unstructured Collective Harms
Many of the major challenges facing global society are unstructured collective harms (e.g., global warming): collective in the sense that they arise as the result of the actions of, or interactions among, multiple agents, and unstructured in the sense that there is no coordination or intention to cause harm among these agents. But how should we distribute moral responsibility for these harms? In this paper, an answer is proposed to this question.…
Let Me Be the Judge: Ideology, Identity, and Judicial Selection
A substantial body of research has found biased recruitment in a variety of societal spheres. We study selection in the judiciary, a domain that has received less attention than the economic and political spheres. Our field experiment took place in the midst of a Swedish government campaign encouraging ordinary citizens to contact local parties, which are responsible for recruiting lay judges (jurors) and put themselves forward as lay judge candi…
Sharing with the vulnerable? The Vulnerability Objection and Vanderschraaf’s theory of justice as mutual advantage
The most recent major contribution to the literature on justice as mutual advantage is Peter Vanderschraaf’s book Strategic Justice . In this book, he develops a theory of justice as convention, where justice is those principles that rational, self-interested agents would choose to solve problems of partially conflicting interest. His theory is thus a kind of theory of justice as mutual advantage. A common criticism of theories of justice as mutu…
Welcome to the Party? Ethnicity and the Interaction between Potential Activists and Party Gatekeepers
In modern democracies, political parties are the vehicles through which new groups gain political entry. Are parties equally welcoming to all new activists, irrespective of their ethnicity? In a field experiment, we study the responsiveness of local party officials in Sweden who are being contacted by fictitious individuals who want to become active in the party. We find that party officials are more likely to respond, and give informative answer…
Social Norms as Signals
According to the signaling theory of social norms, people comply with social norms in order to signal that they have a low discount rate for future costs and benefits and thereby that they are reliable cooperation partners. But the theory does not take into sufficient account the fact that the signaling value of social norm compliance depends on how many other people that comply, and that the signaling value at high compliance levels (which is ty…
Varieties and Functions of Institutions
Hindriks describes institutions as norm-governed social practices, and argue that his theory help bring together and complete earlier theories of institutions. In this comment on his paper, I argue that his argument would be even better if he clarified certain parts of his argument with regards to the nature of institutions and the relationship between institutions and social norms. I also argue that he should reconsider his claim that institutio…
Sweden
Rational reconstructions and the question of function
Social norm emergence is commonly explained by stating that norms serve certain functions - for example, solving cooperation or coordination problems. But critics argue that examples of norms that do not seem to serve functions show that functions cannot explain social norms. However, both sides tend to make assumptions about how explanations of social norms in terms of functions would work. By discussing four problems for these assumptions, I wi…
State power and breastfeeding promotion: A critique
Iwao Hirose , Moral Aggregation (Oxford and New York: (Oxford University Press, 2015), pp. vii–234
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Winds of Change: Voter Blame and Storm Gudrun in the 2006 Swedish Parliamentary Election
Social Norms Theory and Development Economics
Social norms affect almost every aspect of people’s lives, and can be an obstacle to or support economic development. This paper outlines what social norms are and how they work, providing examples from everyday life and from development case studies. Sometimes not much can be done about changing undesirable social norms. In those cases, development economists need to be aware of how the existence of those norms can impact the effects of the poli…
Charity, signaling, and welfare
Voices on the political right have long claimed that the welfare state ought to be kept small, and that charities can take over many of the tasks involved in helping those at the bottom of society. The arguments in favor of this claim are controversial, but even if they are accepted at face value the policy proposal remains problematic. For the proposal presupposes that charities would, in fact, be able to raise enough money to provide adequate h…
Explaining Norms
Norms are a pervasive yet mysterious feature of social life. In 'Explaining Norms', four philosophers and social scientists team up to grapple with some of the many mysteries, offering a comprehensive account of norms: what they are; how and why they emerge, persist and change; and how they work
The interference problem for the betting interpretation of degrees of belief
Norms and conventions
What is the relation between norms (in the sense of ‘socially accepted rules’) and conventions? A number of philosophers have suggested that there is some kind of conceptual or constitutive relation between them. Some hold that conventions are or entail special kinds of norms (the ‘conventions-as-norms thesis’). Others hold that at least some norms are or entail special kinds of conventions (the ‘norms-as-conventions thesis’). We argue that both …
Rational Choice Theory
Few approaches in political science have generated so much controversy as rational choice theory. Some claim that the approach has made political science scientific. Its critics argue that it involves
(III) Discretionary Time: A Rejoinder
Choice under description: The motivational nexus
In order to solve the problem of seemingly reasonable violations of expected utility theory (EUT), many have suggested we should re-describe choice alternatives. But this strategy suffers from the problem of determining the relevant description among multiple possible ones. I argue that the relevant description is given by the theory of motivation that underlies rational choice theory (RCT); more specifically, by the desires people try to satisfy…
Discretionary Time: A New Measure of Freedom
A healthy work-life balance has become increasingly important to people trying to cope with the pressures of contemporary society. This trend highlights the fallacy of assessing well-being in terms of finance alone; how much time we have matters just as much as how much money. The authors of this book have developed a novel way to measure 'discretionary time': time which is free to spend as one pleases. Exploring data from the US, Australia, Germ…
What Are Degrees of Belief?
Temporal Aspects of Life Satisfaction
Winds of Change: Voter Blame and Storm Gudrun in the 2006 Swedish Parliamentary Election
Welcome to the Party? Ethnicity and the Interaction between Potential Activists and Party Gatekeepers
In modern democracies, political parties are the vehicles through which new groups gain political entry. Are parties equally welcoming to all new activists, irrespective of their ethnicity? In a field experiment, we study the responsiveness of local party officials in Sweden who are being contacted by fictitious individuals who want to become active in the party. We find that party officials are more likely to respond, and give informative answer…
Temporal Aspects of Life Satisfaction
The interference problem for the betting interpretation of degrees of belief
Sweden
Charity, signaling, and welfare
Voices on the political right have long claimed that the welfare state ought to be kept small, and that charities can take over many of the tasks involved in helping those at the bottom of society. The arguments in favor of this claim are controversial, but even if they are accepted at face value the policy proposal remains problematic. For the proposal presupposes that charities would, in fact, be able to raise enough money to provide adequate h…
What Are Degrees of Belief?
Temporal Aspects of Life Satisfaction
Discretionary Time: A New Measure of Freedom
A healthy work-life balance has become increasingly important to people trying to cope with the pressures of contemporary society. This trend highlights the fallacy of assessing well-being in terms of finance alone; how much time we have matters just as much as how much money. The authors of this book have developed a novel way to measure 'discretionary time': time which is free to spend as one pleases. Exploring data from the US, Australia, Germ…
(III) Discretionary Time: A Rejoinder
Choice under description: The motivational nexus
In order to solve the problem of seemingly reasonable violations of expected utility theory (EUT), many have suggested we should re-describe choice alternatives. But this strategy suffers from the problem of determining the relevant description among multiple possible ones. I argue that the relevant description is given by the theory of motivation that underlies rational choice theory (RCT); more specifically, by the desires people try to satisfy…
Norms and conventions
What is the relation between norms (in the sense of ‘socially accepted rules’) and conventions? A number of philosophers have suggested that there is some kind of conceptual or constitutive relation between them. Some hold that conventions are or entail special kinds of norms (the ‘conventions-as-norms thesis’). Others hold that at least some norms are or entail special kinds of conventions (the ‘norms-as-conventions thesis’). We argue that both …
Rational Choice Theory
Few approaches in political science have generated so much controversy as rational choice theory. Some claim that the approach has made political science scientific. Its critics argue that it involves
Explaining Norms
Norms are a pervasive yet mysterious feature of social life. In 'Explaining Norms', four philosophers and social scientists team up to grapple with some of the many mysteries, offering a comprehensive account of norms: what they are; how and why they emerge, persist and change; and how they work
The interference problem for the betting interpretation of degrees of belief
Social Norms Theory and Development Economics
Social norms affect almost every aspect of people’s lives, and can be an obstacle to or support economic development. This paper outlines what social norms are and how they work, providing examples from everyday life and from development case studies. Sometimes not much can be done about changing undesirable social norms. In those cases, development economists need to be aware of how the existence of those norms can impact the effects of the poli…
Charity, signaling, and welfare
Voices on the political right have long claimed that the welfare state ought to be kept small, and that charities can take over many of the tasks involved in helping those at the bottom of society. The arguments in favor of this claim are controversial, but even if they are accepted at face value the policy proposal remains problematic. For the proposal presupposes that charities would, in fact, be able to raise enough money to provide adequate h…
Iwao Hirose , Moral Aggregation (Oxford and New York: (Oxford University Press, 2015), pp. vii–234
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Winds of Change: Voter Blame and Storm Gudrun in the 2006 Swedish Parliamentary Election
State power and breastfeeding promotion: A critique
Social Norms as Signals
According to the signaling theory of social norms, people comply with social norms in order to signal that they have a low discount rate for future costs and benefits and thereby that they are reliable cooperation partners. But the theory does not take into sufficient account the fact that the signaling value of social norm compliance depends on how many other people that comply, and that the signaling value at high compliance levels (which is ty…
Varieties and Functions of Institutions
Hindriks describes institutions as norm-governed social practices, and argue that his theory help bring together and complete earlier theories of institutions. In this comment on his paper, I argue that his argument would be even better if he clarified certain parts of his argument with regards to the nature of institutions and the relationship between institutions and social norms. I also argue that he should reconsider his claim that institutio…
Sweden
Rational reconstructions and the question of function
Social norm emergence is commonly explained by stating that norms serve certain functions - for example, solving cooperation or coordination problems. But critics argue that examples of norms that do not seem to serve functions show that functions cannot explain social norms. However, both sides tend to make assumptions about how explanations of social norms in terms of functions would work. By discussing four problems for these assumptions, I wi…
Welcome to the Party? Ethnicity and the Interaction between Potential Activists and Party Gatekeepers
In modern democracies, political parties are the vehicles through which new groups gain political entry. Are parties equally welcoming to all new activists, irrespective of their ethnicity? In a field experiment, we study the responsiveness of local party officials in Sweden who are being contacted by fictitious individuals who want to become active in the party. We find that party officials are more likely to respond, and give informative answer…
Let Me Be the Judge: Ideology, Identity, and Judicial Selection
A substantial body of research has found biased recruitment in a variety of societal spheres. We study selection in the judiciary, a domain that has received less attention than the economic and political spheres. Our field experiment took place in the midst of a Swedish government campaign encouraging ordinary citizens to contact local parties, which are responsible for recruiting lay judges (jurors) and put themselves forward as lay judge candi…
Sharing with the vulnerable? The Vulnerability Objection and Vanderschraaf’s theory of justice as mutual advantage
The most recent major contribution to the literature on justice as mutual advantage is Peter Vanderschraaf’s book Strategic Justice . In this book, he develops a theory of justice as convention, where justice is those principles that rational, self-interested agents would choose to solve problems of partially conflicting interest. His theory is thus a kind of theory of justice as mutual advantage. A common criticism of theories of justice as mutu…
Exploring Response Inhibition, the Behavioral Inhibition System and Possible Sex Differences in Athletes and Non-Athletes
The results from this study suggest that it might be meaningful to explore the contribution of sex differences and motivational dispositions on response inhibition in conjunction with different types of sports
Whose Fault Is It: An Account of Complicity in Unstructured Collective Harms
Many of the major challenges facing global society are unstructured collective harms (e.g., global warming): collective in the sense that they arise as the result of the actions of, or interactions among, multiple agents, and unstructured in the sense that there is no coordination or intention to cause harm among these agents. But how should we distribute moral responsibility for these harms? In this paper, an answer is proposed to this question.…
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