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Construct Validity in Scientific Representation: A Philosophical Tour
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-05-13)This article presents a philosophical tour encircling the concept construct validity. Encapsulated by two major perspectives, realism and antirealism, we visit key topics within the philosophy of educational science such ... -
Democratic Ontologies of Knowledge: Importance Should Be a Given and My Ethical Task Is to Intensify It
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)In this paper, I interrogate ethical and political implications of autoethnography as activism and way of academic life. I indirectly ask, what might democratic ontologies of knowledge produce in Higher Education. I focus ... -
The ethics of trading privacy for security: The multifaceted effects of privacy on liberty and security
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)A recurring question in political philosophy is how to understand and analyse the trade-off between security and liberty. With modern technology, however, it is possible to argue that the former trade-off can be exchanged ... -
A Hobbesian Argument for World Government
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The legitimacy of government is often linked to its ability to maintain order and secure peace. Thomas Hobbes’ political philosophy provides a clear description of why government is necessary, as human nature and the ... -
Kropp, kjønn og utdanning – Platons likestillingsideal i Staten
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Locke on Prerogative: Democracy, Libertarianism, and Proto-Utilitarianism
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)John Locke’s role in the advent of modernity has been debated widely. His work has been (ab)used by those arguing from libertarian, democratic, communitarian, socialist, feminist, or postcolonial points of view, either ... -
Towards a Hobbesian liberal democracy through a Maslowian hierarchy of needs
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Thomas Hobbes is a mainstay in political theory, but his political philosophy is often perceived as being marred by his insistence on absolute power and the rule of one—or the few. In this article I examine how a ...