The thesis defends the plausibility of nonhuman animal personhood from a legal and moral perspective. It offers an ecumenical defense as it argues that animals can be considered persons from very different, even rival, ...

Forty years on, G. A. Cohen’s reconstruction and defence of Marx’s theory of history is still widely, and justifiably, considered the best of its kind, and it remains unsurpassed in clarity, argumentation and textual ...

The need for green fiscal reform is urgent in the face of climate change. Some oppose it, however, arguing that such reforms disproportionately burden poorer individuals whose emissions are far smaller than those of wealthier ...

Esta tesis compara dos concepciones igualitarias de la justicia distributiva aplicadas a dos problemas específicos de la esfera de la salud. Las teorías comparadas son el enfoque rawlsiano de Norman Daniels y el enfoque ...

Esta tesis defiende un derecho universal de salida al mar. La falta de acceso marítimo priva a los Estados de la autonomía necesaria para perseguir sus fines y menoscaba sus posibilidades de desarrollo. Sostengo que a pesar ...

In this thesis I am generally concerned with issues of justice and legitimacy in children’s upbringing. More specifically, I ask what are the kind of reasons that ought to guide parents’ transmission of values to children ...

We live in a time of pressing planetary challenges, many of which threaten catastrophic change to the natural environment and require massive and novel coordinated scientific and societal efforts on an unprecedented scale. ...