Sökning: "moral standing"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 13 avhandlingar innehållade orden moral standing.

  1. 1. The moral status of nature : reasons to care for the natural world

    Författare :Lars Samuelsson; Roger Fjellström; Johan Brännmark; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Environmental ethics; ecocentrism; reasons; reason for action; normative reason; moral status; moral standing; moral considerability; final value; intrinsic value; biocentrism; nature-considerism; nature; nature as a whole; the natural world; complexity; indispensability; interests; Practical philosophy; Praktisk filosofi;

    Sammanfattning : The subject-matter of this essay is the moral status of nature. This subject is dealt with in terms of normative reasons. The main question is if there are direct normative reasons to care for nature in addition to the numerous indirect normative reasons that there are for doing so. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Duties to Past Persons : Moral Standing and Posthumous Interests of Old Human Remains

    Författare :Malin Masterton; G. Mats Hansson; T. Anna Höglund; Søren Holm; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; posthumous interests; moral standing; missing subject; archaeology; human remains; rights; dead; interests; Practical philosophy; Praktisk filosofi; Bioetik; Bioethics;

    Sammanfattning : Genetic research has increasing power to analyse old biological remains. Biological traces of well-known historical persons can reveal personal information. The aim of this thesis is to investigate ethical concerns for the dead, within the biological, historical and archaeological sciences. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Aspects of Blame : In which the nature of blame, blameworthiness, standing to blame and proportional blame are discussed

    Författare :Marta Johansson Werkmäster; Praktisk filosofi; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; blame; moral responsibility; blameworthiness; standing to blame; proportionality; Strawson; blame; sentiment; Strawson; reactive attitude; fitting attitude analysis of value; buck-passing account of value; blameworthiness; volitional control; rational control; capacitarianism; emotions; degree; proportionality; standing to blame; normative power; privilege right; right kind of reason; wrong kind of reason; praise; praiseworthiness; rightness; wrongness;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis discusses what blame is, what it is for an agent to be blameworthy for having performed a certain act or omission, what makes an agent blameworthy for having performed a certain act or omission, whether the idea of standing to blame generalises to blame understood as something privately held, and what it is for blame to be proportionate. It provides original answers to these questions that move the current discussion of blame forward. LÄS MER

  5. 4. What is Wrong with Extinction?

    Författare :Erik Persson; Praktisk filosofi; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Extinction; species; environmental ethics; biodiversity; moral standing; intrinsic value; future generations;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this investigation is to answer the question of why it is prima facie morally wrong to cause or contribute to the extinction of species. The first potential answer investigated in the book is that other species are instrumentally valuable for human beings. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Das seufzende Schwein : Zur Theorie und Praxis in deutschen Modellen zur Tierethik

    Författare :Helena Röcklinsberg; Robert Heeger; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; the view of human being; the view of the animal; normative ethical theory; value worth; dignity; ethology; pig; theory; practice; theology; philosophy; theistic atheistic view; Günter Altner; Erich Grässer; Klaus Michael Meyer-Abich; Michael Schlitt; Ursula Wolf; anthropocetrism; sentientism; biocentrism; ecocenstism; theocentrism; moral standing; dialouge; image of God; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; historia; History;

    Sammanfattning : In this study five German models of animal ethics are analysed. Three theological and two philosophical models representing anthropocentric, sentientistic, biocentric and ecocentric perspectives are presented. LÄS MER