John Halstead
Biographic Data
| ID | 5774447 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Halstead |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Halstead |
| SIGNATURE | HALSTEAD J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Sheffield |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Stratospheric aerosol injection research and existential risk
High Stakes Instrumentalism
In this paper, I aim to establish that, according to almost all democratic theories, instrumentalist considerations often dominate intrinsic proceduralist considerations in our decisions about whether to make extensive use of undemocratic procedures. The reason for this is that almost all democratic theorists, including philosophers commonly thought to be intrinsic proceduralists, accept ‘High Stakes Instrumentalism’ (HSI). According to HSI, we o…
The Impotence of the Value Pump
Many philosophers have argued that agents must be irrational to lose out in a ‘value pump’ or ‘money pump’. A number of different conclusions have been drawn from this claim. The ‘Value Pump’ (VP) has been one of the main arguments offered for the axioms of expected utility theory; it has been used to show that options cannot be incomparable or on a par; and it has been used to show that our past choices have normative significance for our subseq…
Fifty Years On
Breaking The Barriers
Obituary
Forging the Faithful
The International Lenin in School in Moscow trained British Communists for leadership positions from 1926 to 1937. This article relates the school and its programmes to their context, the development of Stalinism in Russia and the Russification of the Third International and its affiliates. It explores the organization and regime of the school, its purposes, pedagogy and curriculum. It provides for the first time a detailed listing of British stu…
Atlantic community or continental drift
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Trudeau and Europe
The History of May Day
Public Records
The security aspects of European integration
Notes on Labour Statistics
Portsmouth Conference 1977
Notes and Queries
Books reviewed
A. Philip Randolph: A Biographical Portrait. By Jervis Anderson. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc. 1973. 398 pp. $12.50 American Labor Radicalism: Testimonies and Interpretations. Edited by Staughton Lynd. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1973. 217 pp. $7.95
Stratospheric aerosol injection research and existential risk
Forging the Faithful
The International Lenin in School in Moscow trained British Communists for leadership positions from 1926 to 1937. This article relates the school and its programmes to their context, the development of Stalinism in Russia and the Russification of the Third International and its affiliates. It explores the organization and regime of the school, its purposes, pedagogy and curriculum. It provides for the first time a detailed listing of British stu…
Fifty Years On
Breaking The Barriers
Trudeau and Europe
Books reviewed
A. Philip Randolph: A Biographical Portrait. By Jervis Anderson. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc. 1973. 398 pp. $12.50 American Labor Radicalism: Testimonies and Interpretations. Edited by Staughton Lynd. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1973. 217 pp. $7.95
Notes and Queries
Portsmouth Conference 1977
Notes on Labour Statistics
The History of May Day
Public Records
The security aspects of European integration
Trudeau and Europe
Noticeboard
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Atlantic community or continental drift
Obituary
Forging the Faithful
The International Lenin in School in Moscow trained British Communists for leadership positions from 1926 to 1937. This article relates the school and its programmes to their context, the development of Stalinism in Russia and the Russification of the Third International and its affiliates. It explores the organization and regime of the school, its purposes, pedagogy and curriculum. It provides for the first time a detailed listing of British stu…
Breaking The Barriers
Fifty Years On
The Impotence of the Value Pump
Many philosophers have argued that agents must be irrational to lose out in a ‘value pump’ or ‘money pump’. A number of different conclusions have been drawn from this claim. The ‘Value Pump’ (VP) has been one of the main arguments offered for the axioms of expected utility theory; it has been used to show that options cannot be incomparable or on a par; and it has been used to show that our past choices have normative significance for our subseq…
High Stakes Instrumentalism
In this paper, I aim to establish that, according to almost all democratic theories, instrumentalist considerations often dominate intrinsic proceduralist considerations in our decisions about whether to make extensive use of undemocratic procedures. The reason for this is that almost all democratic theorists, including philosophers commonly thought to be intrinsic proceduralists, accept ‘High Stakes Instrumentalism’ (HSI). According to HSI, we o…
Stratospheric aerosol injection research and existential risk
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