Sökning: "Animalism"

Hittade 3 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Animalism.

  1. 1. Mortal Beings : On the Metaphysics and Value of Death

    Författare :Jens Johansson; Folke Tersman; Nils Holtug; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; animalism; death; deprivation approach; Epicureanism; personal identity; special concern; symmetry argument; Practical philosophy; Praktisk filosofi;

    Sammanfattning : This book is a contribution to the debate of the metaphysics and value of death.The metaphysical problems of death are closely connected with the debate of personal identity. In Chapter Two, I defend the view that human persons are human organisms. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Advance Directives and Personal Identity

    Författare :Elisabeth Furberg; Torbjörn Tännsjö; Niklas Juth; Wayne Sumner; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; advance directives; personal identity; psychological continuity; animalism; posthumous harm; moral authority; rights; utilitarianism; Filosofi; Philosophy; Practical Philosophy;

    Sammanfattning : Advance directives are instructions given by patients – or potential patients – specifying what actions ought to be taken for their health in the event that they are no longer capable to make decisions due to illness or incapacity. Over the last decades, there has been a rising tide in favour of advance directives: not only is the use of such directives recommended by most medical and advisory bodies, they are also gaining increasing legal recognition in many parts of the world. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Persons : their identity and individuation

    Författare :Roger Melin; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; person; personal identity; criterion of identity; sortal concept; individuation; perdurance view; endurance view; Criterianism; Animalism; Non- Criterianism; animal attribute view; basic sortal; real essence; sort; natural kind;

    Sammanfattning : This study is about the nature of persons and personal identity. It belongs to a tradition that maintains that in order to understand what it is to be a person we must clarify what personal identity consists in. LÄS MER