Sökning: "moral standards"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 27 avhandlingar innehållade orden moral standards.
1. Morality and the Pursuit of Happiness : A Study in Kantian Ethics
Sammanfattning : This work seeks to develop a Kantian ethical theory in terms of a general ontology of values and norms together with a metaphysics of the person that makes sense of this ontology. It takes as its starting point Kant’s assertion that a good will is the only thing that has an unconditioned value and his accompanying view that the highest good consists in virtue and happiness in proportion to virtue. LÄS MER
2. Reasons for All Seasons : An Outline of Rationalist View of Moral Concepts
Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to provide an adequate view of moral concepts. The major obstacle that stands in the way of providing such a view is the problem of combining two general features of moral judgments that seem to be constitutive of their meaning, namely objectivity and practical significance. LÄS MER
3. Small-Small : Moral Economy and the Marketspace in Northern Ghana
Sammanfattning : Over the past decade, the Ghanaian government has tried to include and accommodate the many people working in the so-called informal economy. This formalization process is in line with a global market-driven development discourse. LÄS MER
4. En möjlig värld: En tematisk studie av Lars Gustafssons 1990-talsromaner
Sammanfattning : "En möjlig värld" explores how questions of moral standards and ontology are discussed explores how questions of moral standards and ontology are discussed and represented in three of Lars Gustafsson's novels in a search for a world that is conceivable - in terms of moral philosophy, as well as ontology. Initially, a theoretical foundation is constructed, based on the assumption that fictional texts are linguistic phenomena that mainly refer to the worlds they themselves create. LÄS MER
5. Picturing the Public : Advertising Self-Regulation in Sweden and the UK
Sammanfattning : Across the globe, people are everyday audiences of advertising images, which have become integrated in our life worlds. Advertising images are entangled with interesting moral conflicts. LÄS MER