Moral Judgments of Discrimination: The Effects of Expressive and Deliberative Disrespect - Bjørn Gunnar Hallsson, Viki Lyngby Hvid, 2026 Why is discrimination morally wrong, and how does political partisanship shape moral judgments of discrimination? Several theories locate the distinctive moral ...

Is discrimination wrong because of what it expresses or how it’s deliberated? Bjørn Hallsson & @vikipedersen.bsky.social argue expressive disrespect drives moral judgment for everyone, while deliberation matters mainly for Independents & Republicans. More: buff.ly/v1LX1qC

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Is discrimination wrong because of what it expresses or how it’s deliberated? Bjørn Hallsson & @vikipedersen.bsky.social argue expressive disrespect drives moral judgment for everyone, while deliberation matters mainly for Independents & Republicans. More: buff.ly/v1LX1qC

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Postdoctoral position in experimental-philosophical project on paternalism and discrimination at Aarhus University - Vacancy at Aarhus University Vacancy at Department of Political Science, Aarhus University

🌟 POSTDOC CALL 🌟

Join the experimental-philosophical research project "Paternalism and Discrimination: Moral Dilemmas in Combatting Group Inequalities" funded by Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond.

Application deadline: 1 March 2026

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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS:

CEPDISC’25 Conference on Discrimination

September 24-26, 2025
Horsens, Denmark

The conference brings together researchers working on discrimination from both theoretical and empirical perspectives.

Deadline for abstract submission is 15 May.

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💥Postdoc call 💥

Join my @erc.europa.eu project #YOPOW at Aarhus University

🎇 3-y position (possibility of 1-y extension)

❓How societal norms give rise to biased beliefs about political power in youth

🤖 Computational social science (large-scale text & image data)

Deadline May 15: bit.ly/4hIpSeD

Confirmed keynote speakers:
Erin Beeghly (University of Utah)
Michael Brownstein (CUNY)

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS:

CEPDISC’25 Conference on Discrimination

September 24-26, 2025
Horsens, Denmark

The conference brings together researchers working on discrimination from both theoretical and empirical perspectives.

Deadline for abstract submission is 15 May.

See the website for more info:

New paper forthcoming at The Journal of Ethics. @vikipedersen.bsky.social and I ask: Is self-discrimination disrespectful?

We test whether people think it is okay for employers to select candidates partly based on how the employers think costumers will react to the candidate’s appearance. The study shows discrepancies between the views of laypeople and Andrew Mason’s theory of the legitimacy of reaction qualifications.

Reaction qualifications in the eyes of the people: An experimental‐philosophical study based on US survey data Is it fair for employers to select candidates partly based on how the employers think customers react to the candidates' appearances, that is, based on candidates' reaction qualifications? Both philo...

Our paper “Reaction qualifications in the eyes of the people: An experimental-philosophical study based on US survey data” has been published in Theoria. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/.... Co-authored with Didde B. Andersen, Søren F. Midtgaard and Kim M. Sønderskov

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New publication🥶
Does your office thermostat discriminate? Maybe not. But rules decreasing office temperatures might. Because they affect men and women differently. Or so Viki Pedersen and I argue in Bioethics. #discrimination #Bioethics

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