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Jesper Ryberg
Professor of Practical Philosophy
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Jesper Ryberg
Professor of
Practical Philosophy
Department of Philosophy & Science Studies
Roskilde University
Post box 260
4000 Roskilde
Denmark
Phone: (+45) 4674 2445
Fax: (+45) 4674 3012
E-mail: ryberg@ruc.dk

 
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Jesper Ryberg holds a position as Professor of Ethics and Philosophy of Law at the Department of Philosophy and Science Studies. His research and teaching lie mainly within the fields of ethical theory, applied ethics, and philosophy of law.

Ryberg is the head of The Research Group for Criminal Justice Ethics and is currently addressing issues within the ethics of crime and punishment (such as: the seriousness of crimes, the severity of punishment, proportionate punishing, restorative justice, war crimes, punishment and discrimination, victim compensation, mercy, amnesty, recidivism and multiple offending).

Ryberg has authored and edited 14 books and written numerous articles. He has published in journals such as Philosophical Papers, Journal of Applied Philosophy, Theoria,  Res Publica: Journal of Legal and Social Philosohy, The Philosophical Quarterly, and Ehical Theory and Moral Practice, The Journal of Ethics.

In 2011, Ryberg was awarded the Elite Research Prize of The Danish Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation ($200.000).

Here is a number of selected publications:

Ryberg (2011), "Punishment and Desert-Adjusted Consequentialism", in M. Tonry (ed.), Retributivism has a Past. Has it a Future?, Oxford University Press, New York (forthcoming).

Ryberg (2011), Recidivism and Punishment: The Philsoopher's View (ed.) with C. Tamburrini, Rowman & Littlefield (forthcoming).

Ryberg (2011), Racial Profiling and Ethics (ed.), special issue of The Journal of Ethics, Springer.

Ryberg (2011), "Punishment, Criminal Record, and the Recidivist Premium", in J. Ryberg & C. Tamburrini (eds.), Recidivism and Punishment: The Philospher's View, Rowman & Littlefield (forthcoming).

Ryberg (2011), "The Limits of Legality. The Ethics of Lawless Judging", Analysis vol. 71, Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Ryberg (2011), "Racial Profiling and Criminal Justice", The Journal of Ethics, vol. 15, Springer.

Ryberg (2011), "Intergenerational Justice. Review Essay", Economics and Philosophy (fothcoming).

Ryberg (2010), "Punishing War Crimes, Genocide, and Crimes Against Humanity: Introduction", Res Publica: Journal of Legal and Social Philosoph, vol. 15.

Ryberg (2010), "The Repugnang Conclusion", with T. Tännsjö & G. Arrhenius, Standford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (2. revised edition).

Ryberg (2010), Punishment and Ethics. New Perspectives, (ed.) with A. Corlett, Palgrave Macmillan, Great Britain.

Ryberg (2010), "Recidivism, Retributivis, og the Lapse Model of Previous Convictions", in J. roberts & A. von Hirsch, Previous Convictions at Sentencing, Hart Publishing, Oxford.

Ryberg (2010), "Punishment and Public Opinion", in J. Ryberg & A. Corlett, Punishment and Ethics: New Perspectives, Palgrave Macmillan, Great Britain.

Ryberg (2010), "Punishment and the Measurement of Severity", in J. Ryberg & A. Corlett, Punishment and Ethics. New Perspectives. Palgrav Macmillan, Great Britain.

Ryberg (2010), "Mass Atrocities, Retributivism, and the Threshold Challange", Res Publica: Journal of Legal and Social Philosophy, vol. 15.

Ryberg (2010), "Applied Ethics", med T. S. Petersen, Oxford Bibliography Online, Oxford University Press.

Ryberg (2010), Punishing War Crimes, Genocide, and Crimes Against Humanity, (ed.), Springer Publishers, Dortdrecht .

Ryberg (2009), "Future Generations", in J. K. B. Olsen et al, A Companion to Philosophy of Technology, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford.

Ryberg (2009), "Technology and Personal Moral Responsibility", in J. K. B. Olsen et al, A Companion to Philsophy of Technology, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford.

Ryberg (2008), "Moral Rights and the Problem of Privacy in Public: A reply to Lever and Goold", Res Publica. Journal of Legal and Social Philosophy, vol. 14.

Ryberg (2007), “Privacy Rights, Crime Prevention, CCTV, and the Life of Mrs Aremac”, Res Publica. Journal of Social and Legal Philosophy, vol.13.

Ryberg (2007), “Technology and Moral Responsibility”, in J. K. B. Olsen et al. (eds.), A Companion to Philosophy of Technology, Blackwell Publishers (forthcoming).

Ryberg (2007), New Waves in Applied Ethics, edited with T. Petersen and C. Wolf, Palgrave MacMillan.

Ryberg (2007), Five Questions in Normative Ethics, edited with T. Petersen, Automatic Press.

Ryberg (2007), “Victim Restitution: For What and to Whom?”, in New Waves in Applied Ethics, op.cit.

Ryberg (2006), “The Repugnant Conclusion”, with T. Tännsjö and G. Arrhenius, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (entry).

Ryberg (2005), “Retributivism and Multiple Offending”, Res Publica. Journal  of Social and Legal Philosophy, vol. 11.

Ryberg (2005), “Mercy and Justice in Criminal Law”, Sats. Nordic Journal of Philosophy, vol. 6 (1).

Ryberg (2004), The Repugnant Conclusion. Essays on Population Ethics, edited with T. Tännsjö, Springer Publisher.

Ryberg (2004), “The Repugnant Conclusion and Worthwhile Living”, in The Repugnant Conclusion, op. cit.

Ryberg (2004), The Ethics of Proportionate Punishment. A Critical Investigation, Springer Publishers.

Ryberg (2003), “Ethics and Military Research” in B. Boss-bavnbek & J. Højrup (eds.), Mathematics and War, Birkhäuser.

Ryberg (2002), “Higher and Lower Pleasures. Doubts on Justification”, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, vol. 5 (4).

Ryberg (2001), “Recidivism, Multiple Offending and Legal Justice”, Danish Yearbook of Philosophy, vol. 36.

Ryberg (2001), “The Expressionist Theory of Punishment and the Problem of Fallible Communication”, in R. Ryberg & V. Hendricks (eds.), Readings in Philosophy & Science Studies, Roskilde University.

Ryberg (1998), “On Goodmans’s Autographic/Allographic distinction”, Danish Yearbook of Philosophy, vol. 33.

Ryberg (1998), “The Argument from Overpopulation. Ethical and Logical Considerations”, Population and Environment, vol. 19 (5).

Ryberg (1998), “Generation-relative Ethics. A Critical Comment on Dasgupta”, Theoria, vol. 69.

Ryberg (1997), “Population and Third World Assistance. A Comment on Hardin’s Lifeboat ethics”, Journal of Applied Philosophy, vol. 14 (3).

Ryberg (1996), “Is the Repugnant Conclusion Repugnant?”, Philosophical Papers, vol. 25 (3).

Ryberg (1996), “Parfit’s Repugnant Conclusion”, Philosophical Quarterly, vol. 46 (183).