Blar i Department of Philosophy på forfatter "Sivertsen, Sveinung Sundfør"

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    • How to be a Good Sentimentalist 

      Sivertsen, Sveinung Sundfør (Doctoral thesis, 2019-10-18)
      How can one be a good person? That, in essence, is the question I ask in this dissertation. More specifically, I ask how we, in general, can best go about the complex and never-ending task of trying to figure out what we ...

    • Love Redirected: On Adam Smith's Love of Praiseworthiness 

      Sivertsen, Sveinung Sundfør (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)
      Why be moral? Why, in the language of Adam Smith, act on what you think is praiseworthy even when it does not get you praise from other people? Because, answers Smith, you love praiseworthiness. But what is this love of ...

    • No need for infinite iteration. A Critique of the Collectivist Copernican Revolution in Social Ontology 

      Sivertsen, Sveinung Sundfør (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)
      As part of his argument for a “Copernican revolution” in social ontology, Hans Bernhard Schmid (2005) argues that the individualistic approach to social ontology is critically flawed. This article rebuts his claim that the ...

    • On the Practical Impossibility of Being Both Well-Informed and Impartial 

      Sivertsen, Sveinung Sundfør (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Adam Smith argued that the ideal moral judge is both well-informedand impartial. As non-ideal moral agents, we tend only to be truly well-informed about those with whom we frequently interact. These are also those with ...