Thomas Søbirk Petersen
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 4487225 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Thomas Søbirk Petersen |
| PRENOMES | Thomas Søbirk |
| SOBRENOME | Petersen |
| ASSINATURA | PETERSEN T S |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Roskilde University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1955-8165 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 29 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 6 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 29 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1989 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
AI, doping and ethics
In this article, our aim is to show why increasing the effectiveness of detecting doping fraud in sport by the use of artificial intelligence (AI) may be morally wrong. The first argument in favour of this conclusion is that using AI to make a non-ideal antidoping policy even more effective can be morally wrong. Whether the increased effectiveness is morally wrong depends on whether you believe that the current antidoping system administrated by …
Ethics and Situational Crime Prevention
This book addresses the ethics of situational crime prevention (SCP). It seeks not only to analyse specific SCP strategies but to demonstrate how ethical analysis can support and improve the implementation of SCP measures. In ethically analysing a particular SCP method, it is not enough to look at empirical data. Even if a method is effective at preventing crime, it may turn out to be ethically unattractive because it harms more people than it be…
Leveling (down) the playing field
The 2018 eligibility regulation for female competitors with differences of sexual development (DSD) issued by World Athletics requires competitors with DSD with blood testosterone levels at or above 5 nmol/L and sufficient androgen sensitivity to be excluded from competition in certain events unless they reduce the level of testosterone in their blood. This paper formalises and then critically assesses the fairness-based argument offered in suppo…
Critique of autonomy‐based arguments against legalising assisted dying
The aim of this article is to present and critically investigate a type of argument against legalising assisted dying on request (ADR) for patients who are terminally ill and experiencing suffering. This type of argument has several variants. These—which we call ‘autonomy‐based arguments’ against legalising ADR—invoke different specifications of the premise that we ought not to respect requests for assistance in dying made by terminally ill and s…
Company‐sponsored egg freezing
The aim of this article is to argue that one of the central arguments against company‐sponsored non‐medical egg freezing, namely that this practice is contrary to the reproductive autonomy of women, can be difficult to sustain under certain conditions. More specifically, we argue that company‐sponsored egg freezing is not necessarily in conflict with the most common requirements for autonomous choice. That is, there is no reason to assume that em…
Non-medical egg freezing and individualisation arguments
An argument against the use of non-medical egg freezing (NMEF) is that women should not use NMEF as it is an individualistic and morally problematic answer to the social problems that women face, for instance, in the labour market. Instead of allowing or expecting women to deal with these problems individually, we should address them by challenging the patriarchal structure of the labour market—for example, by securing equal pay and affordable ch…
Arguments on thin ice
The aim of this article is to provide a systematic reconstruction and critique of what is taken to be a central ethical concern against the use of non-medical egg freezing (NMEF). The concern can be captured in what we can call the individualisation argument. The argument states, very roughly, that women should not use NMEF as it is an individualistic and morally problematic solution to the social problems that women face, for instance, in the la…
Doping, fairness, and unequal responsiveness
In a thought‐provoking article in Bioethics , Andrea Lavazza defends the view that for reasons of fairness, those who cannot benefit from the use of performance‐enhancing methods such as transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) should receive compensation for their inability. First, we argue that Lavazza’s proposal to compensate athletes who are non‐responsive to tDCS is practically unfeasible. Second, the compensation principle—which he ap…
Doping in Sport
In this provocative and thought-provoking book, Professor of Ethics Thomas Søbirk Petersen explains why the World Anti-Doping Agency’s doping rules are poorly justified and makes a case for a new third way in anti-doping policy that would allow athletes to use substances and methods currently on WADA’s prohibited list. The book identifies, clarifies and challenges the central arguments that are used in the often highly emotional debates around do…
Age change, official age and fairness in health
In a recent JME article, Joona Räsänen makes the case for allowing legal age change. We identify three problems with his argument and, on that basis, propose an improved version thereof. Unfortunately, even the improved argument is vulnerable to the objection that chronological age is a better proxy for justice in health than both legal and what we shall call official age
Doping in Sport
A Soft Defense of a Utilitarian Principle of Criminalization
Sustainability as a Fair Bequest
Publizistik und Gesellschaftliche Verantwortung
Votes on behalf of children
Being Worse Off
The art of long-term thinking
Poverty relief
The aim of this paper is to present and evaluate a specific critical discussion of Peter Singer's view on philanthropy. This critique of Singer's position takes several forms, and here we focus on only two of these. First of all, it is claimed that philanthropy (based upon the giving up of luxury goods) should be avoided, because it harms the poor. As we shall see this is a view defended by Andrew Kuper. However, philanthropy is also accused of h…
The Enduring Appeal of an Unwieldy Theory
Journal Article The Enduring Appeal of an Unwieldy Theory Get access Thomas Petersen Thomas Petersen Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Journal of Public Opinion Research, Volume 24, Issue 3, Autumn 2012, Pages 263–268, https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/eds031 Published: 10 September 2012
Lasswell's Problem and Hovland's Dilemma
The question of how the content of images that accompany reports in the mass media can be systematically assessed via content analysis and how the effects of such images can be quantitatively ascertained and related to textual reporting, is one of the still unsolved issues in empirical communication research. In this article, the results of two experiments are presented, in which the emotional reactions to manipulated news items was tested with t…
The environment as a challenge for governmental responsibility — The case of the European Water Framework Directive
Meinungsforschung
Mit dem Begriff ‚Meinungsforschung ‘werden in der Regel zusammenfassend die Methode der Repräsentativumfrage und die auf diese Methode spezialisierten Institutionen, besonders die privatwirtschaftlich finanzierten Umfrageinstitute bezeichnet. Der Begriff ist eine deutsche Übersetzung des amerikanischen ‚Public Opinion Research‘. In Deutschland hat sich in der Sozialwissenschaft der präzisere Begriff ‚Umfrageforschung‘ durchgesetzt, in öffentliche…
On the Repugnance of the Repugnant Conclusion
The aim of this paper is to discuss the plausibility of a certain position in the philosophical literature within which the Repugnant Conclusion is treated, not as repugnant, but as an acceptable implication of the total welfare principle. I will confine myself to focus primarily on Törbjörn Tännsjö‘s presentation. First, I reconstruct Tännsjö‘s view concerning the repugnance of the RC in two arguments. The first argument is criticized for (a) ad…
Testing Visual Signals in Representative Surveys in Combination with Media Content Analyses of the 2002 German Federal Election Campaign
Surveys ’ (Petersen, 2005), which described a new research concept that combines survey research and quantitative media content analysis in an attempt to define individual ele-ments or ‘signals ’ in visual news coverage and to quantitatively gauge the strength of their effect, ultimately allowing these signals to be incorporated in applied quantitative media effects research. Via a number of similarly designed individual studies, the approach aim…
Testing Visual Signals in Representative Surveys
This article describes a way for the effects of portrait photos in the mass media to be investigated by combining split ballot experiments and media content analysis. In a first step, visual signals with distinct effects on perception are identified on the basis of theory and of empirical findings from the fields of psychology and behavior research. These signals must be gestures and facial expressions that can easily be made the object of experi…
Testing Visual Signals in Representative Surveys
This article describes a way for the effects of portrait photos in the mass media to be investigated by combining split ballot experiments and media content analysis. In a first step, visual signals with distinct effects on perception are identified on the basis of theory and of empirical findings from the fields of psychology and behavior research. These signals must be gestures and facial expressions that can easily be made the object of experi…
Votes on behalf of children
Poverty relief
The aim of this paper is to present and evaluate a specific critical discussion of Peter Singer's view on philanthropy. This critique of Singer's position takes several forms, and here we focus on only two of these. First of all, it is claimed that philanthropy (based upon the giving up of luxury goods) should be avoided, because it harms the poor. As we shall see this is a view defended by Andrew Kuper. However, philanthropy is also accused of h…
Lasswell's Problem and Hovland's Dilemma
The question of how the content of images that accompany reports in the mass media can be systematically assessed via content analysis and how the effects of such images can be quantitatively ascertained and related to textual reporting, is one of the still unsolved issues in empirical communication research. In this article, the results of two experiments are presented, in which the emotional reactions to manipulated news items was tested with t…
Der Fragebogen Karls des Grossen
Optimale Anreizsysteme
Homo Oeconomicus and Homo Politicus. Political Economy, Constitutional Interest and Ecological Interest
Are modern democracies capable of preserving the constitution of liberty and capable of preserving the natural basis of human existence in the long‐run? The achievement of these aims requires political actions toward fundamental changes in the life of modern societies. The respective political actors have to develop and to sustain long‐term constitutional and ecological interests. Can these actors be conceived as homines oeconomici? Within public…
Homo oeconomicus and homo politicus in Ecological Economics
Der Fragebogen Karls des Grossen
Testing Visual Signals in Representative Surveys
This article describes a way for the effects of portrait photos in the mass media to be investigated by combining split ballot experiments and media content analysis. In a first step, visual signals with distinct effects on perception are identified on the basis of theory and of empirical findings from the fields of psychology and behavior research. These signals must be gestures and facial expressions that can easily be made the object of experi…
Testing Visual Signals in Representative Surveys in Combination with Media Content Analyses of the 2002 German Federal Election Campaign
Surveys ’ (Petersen, 2005), which described a new research concept that combines survey research and quantitative media content analysis in an attempt to define individual ele-ments or ‘signals ’ in visual news coverage and to quantitatively gauge the strength of their effect, ultimately allowing these signals to be incorporated in applied quantitative media effects research. Via a number of similarly designed individual studies, the approach aim…
Meinungsforschung
Mit dem Begriff ‚Meinungsforschung ‘werden in der Regel zusammenfassend die Methode der Repräsentativumfrage und die auf diese Methode spezialisierten Institutionen, besonders die privatwirtschaftlich finanzierten Umfrageinstitute bezeichnet. Der Begriff ist eine deutsche Übersetzung des amerikanischen ‚Public Opinion Research‘. In Deutschland hat sich in der Sozialwissenschaft der präzisere Begriff ‚Umfrageforschung‘ durchgesetzt, in öffentliche…
On the Repugnance of the Repugnant Conclusion
The aim of this paper is to discuss the plausibility of a certain position in the philosophical literature within which the Repugnant Conclusion is treated, not as repugnant, but as an acceptable implication of the total welfare principle. I will confine myself to focus primarily on Törbjörn Tännsjö‘s presentation. First, I reconstruct Tännsjö‘s view concerning the repugnance of the RC in two arguments. The first argument is criticized for (a) ad…
The environment as a challenge for governmental responsibility — The case of the European Water Framework Directive
Lasswell's Problem and Hovland's Dilemma
The question of how the content of images that accompany reports in the mass media can be systematically assessed via content analysis and how the effects of such images can be quantitatively ascertained and related to textual reporting, is one of the still unsolved issues in empirical communication research. In this article, the results of two experiments are presented, in which the emotional reactions to manipulated news items was tested with t…
The Enduring Appeal of an Unwieldy Theory
Journal Article The Enduring Appeal of an Unwieldy Theory Get access Thomas Petersen Thomas Petersen Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Journal of Public Opinion Research, Volume 24, Issue 3, Autumn 2012, Pages 263–268, https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/eds031 Published: 10 September 2012
The art of long-term thinking
Poverty relief
The aim of this paper is to present and evaluate a specific critical discussion of Peter Singer's view on philanthropy. This critique of Singer's position takes several forms, and here we focus on only two of these. First of all, it is claimed that philanthropy (based upon the giving up of luxury goods) should be avoided, because it harms the poor. As we shall see this is a view defended by Andrew Kuper. However, philanthropy is also accused of h…
Being Worse Off
Publizistik und Gesellschaftliche Verantwortung
Votes on behalf of children
Sustainability as a Fair Bequest
A Soft Defense of a Utilitarian Principle of Criminalization
Doping in Sport
In this provocative and thought-provoking book, Professor of Ethics Thomas Søbirk Petersen explains why the World Anti-Doping Agency’s doping rules are poorly justified and makes a case for a new third way in anti-doping policy that would allow athletes to use substances and methods currently on WADA’s prohibited list. The book identifies, clarifies and challenges the central arguments that are used in the often highly emotional debates around do…
Age change, official age and fairness in health
In a recent JME article, Joona Räsänen makes the case for allowing legal age change. We identify three problems with his argument and, on that basis, propose an improved version thereof. Unfortunately, even the improved argument is vulnerable to the objection that chronological age is a better proxy for justice in health than both legal and what we shall call official age
Doping in Sport
Non-medical egg freezing and individualisation arguments
An argument against the use of non-medical egg freezing (NMEF) is that women should not use NMEF as it is an individualistic and morally problematic answer to the social problems that women face, for instance, in the labour market. Instead of allowing or expecting women to deal with these problems individually, we should address them by challenging the patriarchal structure of the labour market—for example, by securing equal pay and affordable ch…
Arguments on thin ice
The aim of this article is to provide a systematic reconstruction and critique of what is taken to be a central ethical concern against the use of non-medical egg freezing (NMEF). The concern can be captured in what we can call the individualisation argument. The argument states, very roughly, that women should not use NMEF as it is an individualistic and morally problematic solution to the social problems that women face, for instance, in the la…
Doping, fairness, and unequal responsiveness
In a thought‐provoking article in Bioethics , Andrea Lavazza defends the view that for reasons of fairness, those who cannot benefit from the use of performance‐enhancing methods such as transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) should receive compensation for their inability. First, we argue that Lavazza’s proposal to compensate athletes who are non‐responsive to tDCS is practically unfeasible. Second, the compensation principle—which he ap…
Company‐sponsored egg freezing
The aim of this article is to argue that one of the central arguments against company‐sponsored non‐medical egg freezing, namely that this practice is contrary to the reproductive autonomy of women, can be difficult to sustain under certain conditions. More specifically, we argue that company‐sponsored egg freezing is not necessarily in conflict with the most common requirements for autonomous choice. That is, there is no reason to assume that em…
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