Voorhoeve, Alex


Dr Alex Voorhoeve  

Department

Position held

Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method

Reader

Non LSE positions held

Department

Position held

Center for Ethics, Harvard University

Faculty Fellow

Princeton University's Center for Human Values

Faculty Fellow

Experience keywords:

rational choice; moral psychology; moral and political philosophy; health care allocation

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Dr Voorhoeve's research falls into three areas: political philosophy, with an emphasis on questions of equality and responsibility; rational choice theory, with an emphasis on some challenges to the received theory of rational choice; and more popular writing in moral philosophy, including articles based on interviews with leading moral philosophers.

Sectors and industries to which research relates:

Healthcare

Countries and regions to which research relates:

The Netherlands; United States; United Kingdom

Languages:

Spanish [Spoken: Basic, Written: Basic]; Dutch [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Fluent]; German [Spoken: Basic, Written: Basic]

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

+44 (0)20 7955 6597

Publications

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2013

Voorhoeve, Alex (2013) A response to Rabin. In: Oliver, Adam, (ed.) Behavioural public policy. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. ISBN 9781107042636

Voorhoeve, Alex (2013) Vaulting intuition: Temkin's critique of transitivity. Economics and philosophy, ISSN 0266-2671

Voorhoeve, Alex (2013) Book review: Matthew D. Adler: Well-being and fair distribution: beyond cost-benefit analysis. Social choice and welfare, ISSN 1432-217X

Voorhoeve, Alex and Fleurbaey, Marc (2013) Decide as you would with full information!: an argument against ex ante Pareto. In: Eyal, Nir and Hurst, Samia A. and Norheim, Ole F. and Wikler, Dan, (eds.) Inequalities in health: concepts, measures and ethics. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780199931392

2012

Binmore, Ken and Stewart, Lisa and Voorhoeve, Alex (2012) How much ambiguity aversion?: finding indifferences between Ellsberg's risky and ambiguous bets. Journal of risk and uncertainty, 45 (3). pp. 215-238. ISSN 0895-5646

Voorhoeve, Alex and Fleurbaey, Marc (2012) Egalitarianism and the separateness of persons. Utilitas, 24 (3). pp. 381-398. ISSN 0953-8208

2011

Voorhoeve, Alex and During, Elie and Jopling, David and Wilson, Timothy and Kamm, Frances (2011) Who am I?: beyond “I think, therefore I am”. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1234 (1). pp. 134-148. ISSN 0077-8923

Otsuka, Michael and Voorhoeve, Alex (2011) Reply to Crisp. Utilitas, 23 (01). pp. 109-114. ISSN 0953-8208

Voorhoeve, Alex (2011) Philippa Foot. The philosophers' magazine, 52 (1). pp. 9-9. ISSN 1354-814X

Voorhoeve, Alex and Eyal, Nir (2011) Inequalities in HIV care: chances versus outcomes. The American journal of bioethics, 11 (12). pp. 42-44. ISSN 1526-5161

2010

Voorhoeve, Alex (2010) Book review: Hugh LaFollette: the practice of ethics. Social choice and welfare, 34 (3). pp. 497-501. ISSN 0176-1714

Voorhoeve, Alex (2010) Erasmus: a snapshot. The philosophers' magazine, 48 pp. 98-100. ISSN 1354-814X

Voorhoeve, Alex (2010) Peter Singer interviewed. Esquire Russia, 52 pp. 82-89. ISSN 0014-0791

Voorhoeve, Alex (2010) Can we trust our intuitions? Esquire Russia, 56 pp. 48-54. ISSN 0014-0791

Voorhoeve, Alex (2010) Prioriteit voor patienten met een lage levenskwaliteit. Filosofie & praktijk, 31 (1). pp. 40-51. ISSN 0167-2444

2009

Voorhoeve, Alex (2009) Conversations on ethics. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780199215379

Otsuka, Michael and Voorhoeve, Alex (2009) Why it matters that some are worse off than others: an argument against the priority view. Philosophy and public affairs, 37 (2). pp. 171-199. ISSN 1088-4963

Voorhoeve, Alex (2009) The limits of autonomy. The philosophers' magazine, 46 pp. 78-82. ISSN 1354-814X

2008

Voorhoeve, Alex (2008) Heuristics and biases in a purported counter-example to the acyclicity of "better than". Politics, philosophy and economics, 7 (3). pp. 285-299. ISSN 1470-594X

Voorhoeve, Alex (2008) Scanlon on substantive responsibility. Journal of political philosophy, 16 (2). pp. 184-200. ISSN 0963-8016

2007

Baggini, Julian and Voorhoeve, Alex and Audard, Catherine and Meckled-Garcia, Saladin and McWalter, Tony (2007) Security and the 'war on terror': a roundtable. In: Baggini, Julian and Strangroom, Jeremy, (eds.) What more philosophers think. Continuum, London, UK, pp. 19-32. ISBN 9780826492999

2006

Voorhoeve, Alex and Binmore, Ken (2006) Transitivity, the Sorites paradox, and similarity-based decision-making. Erkenntnis, 64 (1). pp. 101-114. ISSN 0165-0106

Voorhoeve, Alex (2006) Preference change and interpersonal comparisons of welfare. In: Olsaretti, Serena, (ed.) Preferences and well-being. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 265-279. ISBN 9780521695589

Voorhoeve, Alex (2006) Is poverty our problem? The philosophers' magazine, 36 (4th qu). pp. 46-49. ISSN 1354-814X

Voorhoeve, Alex (2006) In search of the deep structure of morality: an interview with Frances Kamm. Imprints, 9 (2). pp. 93-117. ISSN 1363-5964

2005

Voorhoeve, Alex and Velikovskiy, Mika (2005) Взрывная волна (Shock wave). Political journal, 27 pp. 48-49.

Voorhoeve, Alex (2005) Book review: pursuing equal opportunities: the theory and practice of egalitarian justice, by Lesley A. Jacobs. Economics and philosophy, 21 (1). pp. 155-160. ISSN 1474-0028

Voorhoeve, Alex and Binmore, Ken (2005) Defending transitivity against Zeno's paradox. In: Ronnow-Rasmussen, Toni and Zimmerman, Michael J, (eds.) Recent work on intrinsic value. Springer, Dordrecht, Uk, pp. 265-272. ISBN 9781402038457

Voorhoeve, Alex (2005) Incentives and principles for individuals in Rawls's theory of justice. Éthique et économique, 3 (1). pp. 1-7. ISSN 1639-1306

2004

Voorhoeve, Alex (2004) John Rawls. In: Baggini, Julian and Stangroom, Jeremy, (eds.) Great thinkers a-z. Continuum, pp. 199-201. ISBN 9780826467423

Hild, Matthias and Voorhoeve, Alex (2004) Equal opportunity and opportunity dominance. Economics and philosophy, 20 (1). pp. 117-145. ISSN 0266-2671

Voorhoeve, Alex (2004) A mistrustful animal: Bernard Williams interviewed. Harvard review of philosophy, XII pp. 81-92. ISSN 1062-6239

Voorhoeve, Alex (2004) Erasmus. In: Baggini, Julian and Stangroom, Jeremy, (eds.) Great thinkers a-z. Continuum, pp. 91-93. ISBN 9780826467423

2003

Binmore, Ken and Voorhoeve, Alex (2003) Defending transitivity against Zeno's paradox. Philosophy & public affairs, 31 (3). pp. 272-279. ISSN 0048-3915

Voorhoeve, Alex (2003) The house that Jack built. The philosophers' magazine, 22 pp. 28-31. ISSN 1354-814X

Voorhoeve, Alex (2003) The grammar of goodness: an interview with Philippa Foot. Harvard review of philosophy, XI pp. 32-44. ISSN 1062-6239

Voorhoeve, Alex (2003) Harry Frankfurt on the necessity of love. Philosophical writings, 23 pp. 55-70. ISSN 1361-9365

2002

Voorhoeve, Alex (2002) The good, the right, and the seemly. Ken Binmore interviewed. The philosophers' magazine, (21). pp. 48-51. ISSN 1354-814X

Voorhoeve, Alex (2002) Mandeville. The philosophers' magazine, (20). ISSN 1354-814X

2001

Voorhoeve, Alex (2001) Kant on the cheap: Thomas Scanlon interviewed. The philosophers' magazine, (16). pp. 29-30. ISSN 1354-814X

Voorhoeve, Alex (2001) Book review: the philosophy of science. Philosophy today, 14 pp. 8-9. ISSN 0960-815x

2000

Voorhoeve, Alex and Oort, Renske (2000) Schuldverlichting: niet voor niets. Economisch-statistische berichten, 85 pp. 141-143. ISSN 0013-0583

1999

Voorhoeve, Alex (1999) Dollarisering gewenst? Economisch-statistische berichten, 84 pp. 577-581. ISSN 0013-0583

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