The importance of genomic information for care of individual patients and for the development of knowledge about treatment efficacy is becoming increasingly apparent. This information is probabilistic and involves the use of large data sets to increase the likelihood of detecting low frequency events. Duties and rights of patients with respect to this information have been much discussed, inclu...

Many people believe that we have moral duties towards those bring into existence in the short term: our children. also long future generations. In this article, I explore how these beliefs are connected. argue present generation is morally responsible for generations virtue of bringing them existence. This responsibility entails to ensure adequate life prospects. These held directly direct argu...

We propose a novel approach to evaluating the empirical importance of individual managerial characteristics: We analyze different managerial positions (CEO and CFO) jointly and ask whether a managerial bias (overconfidence) matters for decisions under the control of the manager, but not for decisions outside the manager’s core duties. Using a new data set on CEO and CFO overconfidence, we show ...

Representations of motherhood are rare on Athenian painted pottery from the fifth century BC. This lack representation is surprising given producing and caring for children was one a woman’s key duties in ancient society, other evidence demonstrates close bonds women had with their children, especially infants who were all more need care attention. In this article we explore entangled lives mot...