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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 43 avhandlingar innehållade ordet normen.
1. Phytosterols. Effect of intake on cholesterol absorption and colorectal cancer risk
Sammanfattning : Phytosterols are lipid components of all food items of plant origin. They are effective in decreasing plasma cholesterol concentrations, but have also been suggested to protect against colorectal cancer. LÄS MER
2. Utbildning och hälsa i nationens intresse : Styrningsteknologier och formering av en förädlad befolkning
Sammanfattning : Avhandlingen består av fyra artiklar vilka handlar om medborgarfostran för att skapa en välfungerande nation. Syftet med avhandlingen är att problematisera hur utbildning och hälsa opererar som styrningsteknologier riktade mot befolkningen inom dagens förädlingsdiskurs. LÄS MER
3. A Two-Front Battle. On the Justification of Empirical Beliefs
Sammanfattning : The question of what justifies empirical beliefs is traditionally answered either by reference to basic empirical beliefs that receive justification from something outside of the epistemic subject’s conceptual sphere or by reference to justification through coherence, in the sense that empirical beliefs are justified through their semantic relations to other beliefs. Typical of both kinds of answers is that they aim at a general notion of belief justification. LÄS MER
4. From Idea to Norm : Promoting Conflict Prevention
Sammanfattning : This study is concerned with tracing the process of how conflict prevention is moving from the realm of ideas to the field of action. Why is it that, despite historical as well as recent evidence of the infeasibility to prevent wars, the idea of conflict prevention has resurfaced to meet the challenge of the new wars of the post-Cold War era? The study investigates whether the growing interest in preventing the outbreak of violent conflicts marks the coming of age of conflict prevention as an international norm able to induce preventive practices. LÄS MER
5. Norms in Prosocial Decisions : The Role of Observability, Avoidance, and Conditionality
Sammanfattning : Prosocial behaviors benefit other people and range from donations to charity to behavior limiting the spread of disease, such as masking and vaccination. The overarching purpose of this thesis was to contribute to our understanding of how social norms and conformity affect prosocial behavior. LÄS MER