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# Torbjorn Tannsjo

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Ulf Torbjörn Harald Tännsjö is a Swedish professor of philosophy and public intellectual.

## Quick Facts About Torbjorn Tannsjo

Notable works The repugnant conclusion

## About Torbjorn Tannsjo

Ulf Torbjörn Harald Tännsjö is a Swedish professor of philosophy and public intellectual. He has held a chair in Practical Philosophy at Stockholm University since 2002 and he is Affiliated Professor of Medical Ethics at Karolinska Institute. Tännsjö was associate professor of philosophy at Stockholm University from 1976 to 1993 and Research Fellow in Political Philosophy at the Swedish Research Council in the Humanities and Social Sciences between 1993 and 1995. Thereafter, he was a professor of Practical Philosophy at University of Gothenburg 1995–2001. He has twice been a Fellow at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in Uppsala, Sweden.

##  Quotes by Torbjorn Tannsjo

> [Global governance need not take a democratic form.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/global-governance-need-not-take-a-democratic-form/)

[Torbjorn Tannsjo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/torbjorn-tannsjo/)

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> [Moral nihilism comes with a price we can now see.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/moral-nihilism-comes-with-a-price-we-can-now-see/)

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> [I am a left winger, thought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/i-am-a-left-winger-thought/)

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> [I am indeed a moral realist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/i-am-indeed-a-moral-realist/)

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> [Actually, I defend the right to free abortion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/actually-i-defend-the-right-to-free-abortion/)

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[Abortion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abortion/)

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> [Utilitarianism condones killing of innocent human beings, even murder, if it makes the world a better place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/utilitarianism-condones-killing-of-innocent-human-beings-even-murder/)

[Torbjorn Tannsjo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/torbjorn-tannsjo/)

[Better place](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/better-place/)

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> [To kill or not to kill, that was the question that haunted me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/to-kill-or-not-to-kill-that-was-the-question-that-haunted-me/)

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> [Different areas present us with possibilities to test different theories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/different-areas-present-us-with-possibilities-to-test-different/)

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> [It is obvious, I think, that national democracy withers. This has to do with globalisation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/it-is-obvious-i-think-that-national-democracy-withers-this-has-to-do/)

[Torbjorn Tannsjo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/torbjorn-tannsjo/)

[Democracy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/democracy/)

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> [We should not accept moral nihilism unless we find strong arguments to do so.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/we-should-not-accept-moral-nihilism-unless-we-find-strong-arguments/)

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> [Even where people in different cultures agree they may all have gone wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/even-where-people-in-different-cultures-agree-they-may-all-have-gone/)

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> [According to deontology it is wrong to kill an innocent human being, period.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/according-to-deontology-it-is-wrong-to-kill-an-innocent-human-being/)

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[Human beings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/human-beings/)

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> [What we need is legislation, not negotiation, for the entire globe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/what-we-need-is-legislation-not-negotiation-for-the-entire-globe/)

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> [The kind of values for which I was supposed to kill, such as democracy and national independence, were better served, I thought,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/the-kind-of-values-for-which-i-was-supposed-to-kill-such-as-democracy/)

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> [There are some particular moral truths that I believe we have access to (such as the one not to inflict pain on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/there-are-some-particular-moral-truths-that-i-believe-we-have-access/)

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> [I do believe that what I have called populist democracy is to be preferred to what I have called elitist democracy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/i-do-believe-that-what-i-have-called-populist-democracy-is-to-be/)

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> [I was conscripted to military service, and my gut feeling was to refuse to serve. I did not want to kill other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/i-was-conscripted-to-military-service-and-my-gut-feeling-was-to/)

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[Army](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/army/)

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> [People in different cultures think very differently about abortion. Abortion is not seen as a moral problem for example in Sweden or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/people-in-different-cultures-think-very-differently-about-abortion/)

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[Abortion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abortion/)

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> [One way of submitting your moral intuitions in relation to some issue to cognitive therapy is to learn more about how people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/one-way-of-submitting-your-moral-intuitions-in-relation-to-some-issue/)

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> [It is of note that for a long time moral nihilism was a kind of unquestioned default position in analytic moral philosophy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/it-is-of-note-that-for-a-long-time-moral-nihilism-was-a-kind-of/)

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> [The Chinese are generally speaking much more reluctant than Westerners to killing as a means to the rescue of lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/the-chinese-are-generally-speaking-much-more-reluctant-than/)

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[China](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/china/)

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> [In many European countries we have populist indirect democratic systems. The people elect, in a proportionate manner, a parliament. The parliament with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/in-many-european-countries-we-have-populist-indirect-democratic/)

[Torbjorn Tannsjo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/torbjorn-tannsjo/)

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> [We own ourselves. This is the core of a libertarian theory of rights. But on this theory, while we are at liberty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/we-own-ourselves-this-is-the-core-of-a-libertarian-theory-of-rights/)

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[Consequence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/consequence/)

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> [I have been brought up in a culture where capital punishment is indeed anathema. I have always thought of myself as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/i-have-been-brought-up-in-a-culture-where-capital-punishment-is/)

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[Anathema](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anathema/)

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> [These theories, deontology, the moral rights theory, and utilitarianism, contradict one another. Moreover, they give conflicting (inconsistent) recommendations. It is hence not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/these-theories-deontology-the-moral-rights-theory-and-utilitarianism/)

[Torbjorn Tannsjo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/torbjorn-tannsjo/)

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> [The US two party system is very different, of course. Here the people decides about who should rule them, but it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/the-us-two-party-system-is-very-different-of-course-here-the-people/)

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> [It is hard to tell if capital punishment has such an effect. And even if, in some contexts it has (such as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/it-is-hard-to-tell-if-capital-punishment-has-such-an-effect-and-even/)

[Torbjorn Tannsjo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/torbjorn-tannsjo/)

[Capital punishment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/capital-punishment/)

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> [Once we realise that utilitarianism comes with the idea of blameworthy rightdoing (such as when you push a big man onto the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/once-we-realise-that-utilitarianism-comes-with-the-idea-of/)

[Torbjorn Tannsjo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/torbjorn-tannsjo/)

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> [The perspective that many today are beginning to see as fully realistic is that democracy in our country, and in our part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/the-perspective-that-many-today-are-beginning-to-see-as-fully/)

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[Country](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/country/)

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> [My conjecture is that most people will refuse to let go, even when their lives have become boring (at least in comparisons…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/my-conjecture-is-that-most-people-will-refuse-to-let-go-even-when/)

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[Better world](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/better-world/)

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> [It is true that it feels very differently to enjoy a good meal, taking part in an interesting conversation, or to think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/it-is-true-that-it-feels-very-differently-to-enjoy-a-good-meal-taking/)

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> [It is true (independently of our conceptualisation) that it is wrong to inflict pain on a sentient creature for no reason (she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/it-is-true-independently-of-our-conceptualisation-that-it-is-wrong-to/)

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> [When I was in my late teens I was already interested in philosophy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/when-i-was-in-my-late-teens-i-was-already-interested-in-philosophy/)

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> [The democratic thought is based on that 'ordinary people' are suitable to rule themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/the-democratic-thought-is-based-on-that-ordinary-people-are-suitable/)

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[Democracy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/democracy/)

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> [I wanted to know what it means to know something, whether we can know at all, and, if so, how.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/i-wanted-to-know-what-it-means-to-know-something-whether-we-can-know/)

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> [The best explanation why people agree is that they have converged on true answers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/the-best-explanation-why-people-agree-is-that-they-have-converged-on/)

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> [I am indeed a hedonistic utilitarian. I have defended hedonistic utilitarianism for quite a while.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/i-am-indeed-a-hedonistic-utilitarian-i-have-defended-hedonistic/)

[Torbjorn Tannsjo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/torbjorn-tannsjo/)

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> [If two norms conflict, if they are mutually inconsistent, then at least one of them must be false.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/if-two-norms-conflict-if-they-are-mutually-inconsistent-then-at-least/)

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[Conflict](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conflict/)

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> [Are there any good arguments in defence of moral nihilism? I think not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/are-there-any-good-arguments-in-defence-of-moral-nihilism-i-think-not/)

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[Argument](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/argument/)

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> [We can be certain that, if there are conflicting views in different cultures, some of these views must be false. This may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/we-can-be-certain-that-if-there-are-conflicting-views-in-different/)

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## Torbjorn Tannsjo by topic

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