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Dr Attila Tanyi Dr
Lecturer Philosophy
- Personal Websitehttp://www.attilatanyi.com/
- About
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Research
Meta-Ethics and Ontology
I work on theories of reasons and practical rationality. I am also interested in different forms of moral non-naturalism. Recently I also began work on the ontology of reasons for action.
Normative Ethics and Experimental Philosophy
My work focuses primarily on theories of consequentialism and in particular the so-called demandingness problem. This investigation extends to social psychology and experiments concerning people's intuitions about moral demands. Recently I also began a project on institutional consequentialism that should in a later phase involve political scientists and economists.
Applied Ethics and Philosophy of Religion
I am particularly interested in the ethics of life extension (immortality) and in the ethics of health care resources distribution (rationing).
Research Collaborations
Vuko Andric
Project: Consequentialism
External: University of Mannheim
Work on different forms of consequentialism.
Andras Miklos
Project: Institutional Consequentialism
External: University of Rochester
Our research attempts to work out a form of consequentialism that relies on institutions to carry out as well as constitute consequentialist requirements.
Matteo Morganti
Project: Ontology of reasons
External: University of Rome 'Roma Tre'
Work on a project on the ontology of reasons
Joseph Sweetman
Project: Consequentialism and Its demands
External: University of Exeter
Work on the project 'Too Much of a Good Thing? An Experimental Inquiry Into the Intuitive Basis of the Overdemandingness Objection to Consequentialism'
Lucy Frith
Project: The ethics of health care resource distribution
Internal
Participating in the AHRC network 'MEDICINE, MARKETS AND MORALS: AN INTER-DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH NETWORK ON HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL CARE PRIORITISATION'
Martin Bruder
Project: Overdemanding Consequentialism
External: University of Konstanz
Work on the project ‘Overdemanding Consequentialism? Experiments on Moral Intuitions’, funded by the Zukunftskolleg (University of Konstanz, Germany)
Zsofia Kollanyi
Project: Distribution of health care resources
External: DEMOS
Research on the connection between health policy and ethics.