Markus Furendal
Biographic Data
| ID | 4163718 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Markus Furendal |
| GIVEN NAMES | Markus |
| FAMILY NAME | Furendal |
| SIGNATURE | FURENDAL M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stockholm University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2378-750X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Reciprocity, Burden-Sharing, and the Individual Duty of Productive Justice
This article develops and defends a novel argument for why individuals have a duty to contribute to the realisation of justice by making a productive contribution. Analysing the shortcomings of attempting to ground such a duty in either reciprocity or the idea of sharing burdens, I suggest that the best alternative is a hybrid account which draws on both. The account says that firstly, everyone must make an equally good effort, in relation to the…
The Democratic Challenges in Global Governance of AI
Artificial intelligence is bound to have a significant impact on societies and global politics. Given that everyone is affected by the advent of AI technology, its development and deployment should arguably be under democratic control. This essay describes the global AI governance regime complex that has developed in recent years, and discusses what should be democratically governed, who should have a say, and how this should happen. The answers …
Algorithmic Fairness and Feasibility
The “impossibility results” in algorithmic fairness suggest that a predictive model cannot fully meet two common fairness criteria – sufficiency and separation – except under extraordinary circumstances. These findings have sparked a discussion on fairness in algorithms, prompting debates over whether predictive models can avoid unfair discrimination based on protected attributes, such as ethnicity or gender. As shown by Otto Sahlgren, however, t…
The democratic role of non-state actors in the global governance of artificial intelligence
The Future of the Philosophy of Work
Work has always been a significant source of ethical questions, philosophical reflection, and political struggle. Although the future of work in a sense is always at stake, the issue is particularly relevant right now, in light of the advent of advanced AI systems and the collective experience of the COVID‐19 pandemic. This has reinvigorated philosophical discussion and interest in the study of the future of work. The purpose of this survey artic…
Work, Justice, and Collective Capital Institutions: Revisiting Rudolf Meidner and the Case for Wage‐Earner Funds
This article makes the case for a specific variety of what we call Collective Capital Institutions (CCIs), by returning to the idea of Wage‐Earner Funds (WEFs) – a 1970s Swedish policy proposal designed gradually to shift ownership and control over parts of the economy to democratically controlled institutions. We identify two attractive rationales in favour of such a scheme and argue that both can fruitfully be transposed to the current worldwid…
Tying ourselves to the mast, or acting for the sake of justice? Ethos, individual duties, and social sanctions
Political philosophy often focuses on what the state may legitimately do to, or in the name of, its citizens. Yet, how well a society lives up to political-philosophical ideals arguably also depends on the decisions that individuals make in their daily lives regarding, for instance, how to treat others, what to work with, and how to spend their free time. Many contemporary social movements for increased justice hence seem to focus less on reformi…
Artificial Intelligence and the Political Legitimacy of Global Governance
Although the concept of “AI governance” is frequently used in the debate, it is still rather undertheorized. Often it seems to refer to the mechanisms and structures needed to avoid “bad” outcomes and achieve “good” outcomes with regard to the ethical problems artificial intelligence is thought to actualize. In this article we argue that, although this outcome-focused view captures one important aspect of “good governance,” its emphasis on effect…
The Future of Work: Augmentation or Stunting
The last decade has seen significant improvements in artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, including robotics, machine vision, speech recognition, and text generation. Increasing automation will undoubtedly affect the future of work, and discussions on how the development of AI in the workplace will impact labor markets often include two scenarios: (1) labor replacement and (2) labor enabling. The former involves replacing workers with machi…
The Global Governance of Artificial Intelligence: Next Steps for Empirical and Normative Research
Artificial intelligence (AI) represents a technological upheaval with the potential to change human society. Because of its transformative potential, AI is increasingly becoming subject to regulatory initiatives at the global level. Yet, so far, scholarship in political science and international relations has focused more on AI applications than on the emerging architecture of global AI regulation. The purpose of this article is to outline an age…
Political Theory of the Digital Age: Where Artificial Intelligence Might Take Us by Mathias Risse
Journal Article Political Theory of the Digital Age: Where Artificial Intelligence Might Take Us by Mathias Risse Get access Mathias Risse. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2023. 400 pp. $110.00. Markus Furendal Markus Furendal Stockholm University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2378-750X Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Political Science Quarterly, qqad140, https://doi.org/10.1093/psquar/qqad140 Pub…
Defining the duty to contribute: Against the market solution
If there is a duty of justice to contribute to society, which asks individuals to produce a specific amount of goods and services that can be redistributed, we need a decision-procedure to know when we have done our part. This paper analyses and critically assesses the commonly suggested decision-procedure of relying on market prices to measure the value of one’s contribution. It is usually assumed that a high salary indicates that one’s talents …
Rescuing Justice from Indifference: Equality, Pareto, and Cohen’s Ethos
G. A. Cohen has argued that egalitarian justice proscribes equality-upsetting economic incentives, but that individuals nevertheless are required to make a sufficiently large productive contribution to society. This article argues, however, that Cohen’s claim that justice is insensitive to Pareto concerns and simply is equality, undermines such a duty. In fact, Cohen cannot say that justice prefers a distribution where everyone is equally well of…
Artificial Intelligence and the Political Legitimacy of Global Governance
Although the concept of “AI governance” is frequently used in the debate, it is still rather undertheorized. Often it seems to refer to the mechanisms and structures needed to avoid “bad” outcomes and achieve “good” outcomes with regard to the ethical problems artificial intelligence is thought to actualize. In this article we argue that, although this outcome-focused view captures one important aspect of “good governance,” its emphasis on effect…
The Global Governance of Artificial Intelligence: Next Steps for Empirical and Normative Research
Artificial intelligence (AI) represents a technological upheaval with the potential to change human society. Because of its transformative potential, AI is increasingly becoming subject to regulatory initiatives at the global level. Yet, so far, scholarship in political science and international relations has focused more on AI applications than on the emerging architecture of global AI regulation. The purpose of this article is to outline an age…
Defining the duty to contribute: Against the market solution
If there is a duty of justice to contribute to society, which asks individuals to produce a specific amount of goods and services that can be redistributed, we need a decision-procedure to know when we have done our part. This paper analyses and critically assesses the commonly suggested decision-procedure of relying on market prices to measure the value of one’s contribution. It is usually assumed that a high salary indicates that one’s talents …
Rescuing Justice from Indifference: Equality, Pareto, and Cohen’s Ethos
G. A. Cohen has argued that egalitarian justice proscribes equality-upsetting economic incentives, but that individuals nevertheless are required to make a sufficiently large productive contribution to society. This article argues, however, that Cohen’s claim that justice is insensitive to Pareto concerns and simply is equality, undermines such a duty. In fact, Cohen cannot say that justice prefers a distribution where everyone is equally well of…
Defining the duty to contribute: Against the market solution
If there is a duty of justice to contribute to society, which asks individuals to produce a specific amount of goods and services that can be redistributed, we need a decision-procedure to know when we have done our part. This paper analyses and critically assesses the commonly suggested decision-procedure of relying on market prices to measure the value of one’s contribution. It is usually assumed that a high salary indicates that one’s talents …
The Future of Work: Augmentation or Stunting
The last decade has seen significant improvements in artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, including robotics, machine vision, speech recognition, and text generation. Increasing automation will undoubtedly affect the future of work, and discussions on how the development of AI in the workplace will impact labor markets often include two scenarios: (1) labor replacement and (2) labor enabling. The former involves replacing workers with machi…
The Global Governance of Artificial Intelligence: Next Steps for Empirical and Normative Research
Artificial intelligence (AI) represents a technological upheaval with the potential to change human society. Because of its transformative potential, AI is increasingly becoming subject to regulatory initiatives at the global level. Yet, so far, scholarship in political science and international relations has focused more on AI applications than on the emerging architecture of global AI regulation. The purpose of this article is to outline an age…
Political Theory of the Digital Age: Where Artificial Intelligence Might Take Us by Mathias Risse
Journal Article Political Theory of the Digital Age: Where Artificial Intelligence Might Take Us by Mathias Risse Get access Mathias Risse. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2023. 400 pp. $110.00. Markus Furendal Markus Furendal Stockholm University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2378-750X Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Political Science Quarterly, qqad140, https://doi.org/10.1093/psquar/qqad140 Pub…
The Future of the Philosophy of Work
Work has always been a significant source of ethical questions, philosophical reflection, and political struggle. Although the future of work in a sense is always at stake, the issue is particularly relevant right now, in light of the advent of advanced AI systems and the collective experience of the COVID‐19 pandemic. This has reinvigorated philosophical discussion and interest in the study of the future of work. The purpose of this survey artic…
Work, Justice, and Collective Capital Institutions: Revisiting Rudolf Meidner and the Case for Wage‐Earner Funds
This article makes the case for a specific variety of what we call Collective Capital Institutions (CCIs), by returning to the idea of Wage‐Earner Funds (WEFs) – a 1970s Swedish policy proposal designed gradually to shift ownership and control over parts of the economy to democratically controlled institutions. We identify two attractive rationales in favour of such a scheme and argue that both can fruitfully be transposed to the current worldwid…
Tying ourselves to the mast, or acting for the sake of justice? Ethos, individual duties, and social sanctions
Political philosophy often focuses on what the state may legitimately do to, or in the name of, its citizens. Yet, how well a society lives up to political-philosophical ideals arguably also depends on the decisions that individuals make in their daily lives regarding, for instance, how to treat others, what to work with, and how to spend their free time. Many contemporary social movements for increased justice hence seem to focus less on reformi…
Artificial Intelligence and the Political Legitimacy of Global Governance
Although the concept of “AI governance” is frequently used in the debate, it is still rather undertheorized. Often it seems to refer to the mechanisms and structures needed to avoid “bad” outcomes and achieve “good” outcomes with regard to the ethical problems artificial intelligence is thought to actualize. In this article we argue that, although this outcome-focused view captures one important aspect of “good governance,” its emphasis on effect…
The Democratic Challenges in Global Governance of AI
Artificial intelligence is bound to have a significant impact on societies and global politics. Given that everyone is affected by the advent of AI technology, its development and deployment should arguably be under democratic control. This essay describes the global AI governance regime complex that has developed in recent years, and discusses what should be democratically governed, who should have a say, and how this should happen. The answers …
Algorithmic Fairness and Feasibility
The “impossibility results” in algorithmic fairness suggest that a predictive model cannot fully meet two common fairness criteria – sufficiency and separation – except under extraordinary circumstances. These findings have sparked a discussion on fairness in algorithms, prompting debates over whether predictive models can avoid unfair discrimination based on protected attributes, such as ethnicity or gender. As shown by Otto Sahlgren, however, t…
The democratic role of non-state actors in the global governance of artificial intelligence
Reciprocity, Burden-Sharing, and the Individual Duty of Productive Justice
This article develops and defends a novel argument for why individuals have a duty to contribute to the realisation of justice by making a productive contribution. Analysing the shortcomings of attempting to ground such a duty in either reciprocity or the idea of sharing burdens, I suggest that the best alternative is a hybrid account which draws on both. The account says that firstly, everyone must make an equally good effort, in relation to the…
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