• Anerkjennelse, status og identitet. En diskusjon av Nancy Frasers teori om anerkjennelse 

      Stensen, Vegard (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2017-05-15)
      Stensen drøfter i denne oppgaven Nancy Frasers teori om anerkjennelse: statusmodellen av anerkjennelse. Å være underkjent betyr i denne teorien å være hindret fra å kunne delta på like vilkår i samfunnet av kulturelle forhold. Å anerkjenne betyr å oppheve slike hindringer. Han diskuterer denne teorien i hovedsak gjennom å ta for seg de fordelene Fraser mener hennes teori har sammenlignet med en ...
    • Envy, self-esteem, and distributive justice 

      Stensen, Vegard (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-09-21)
      Most agree that envy, or at least the malicious kind(s), should not have any role in the moral justification of distributive arrangements. This paper defends a contrary position. It argues that at the very least John Rawls, Axel Honneth and others that care about the social bases of self-esteem have good reasons to care about the levels of envy that different distributive principles reliably ...
    • On the place of self-respect and self-esteem in the justification of a theory of social justice 

      Stensen, Vegard (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2022-10-07)
      This dissertation discusses the place of self-respect, self-esteem, and related self-attitudes in the justification of a theory of distributive justice. It is broadly agreed that self-respect/self-esteem is a highly important good, and that it relies on a supportive social environment. Different authors within different traditions have taken up this idea to ground a wide variety of principles, ...
    • Self-Respect and the Importance of Basic Liberties 

      Stensen, Vegard (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-05-18)
      This article discusses the self-respect argument for basic liberties, which is that self-respect is an important good, best supported by basic liberties, and that this yields a reason for the traditional liberty principle. I concentrate on versions of it that contend that self-respect is best supported by basic liberties for reasons related to the recognition that such liberties convey. I first ...