Sökning: "Aristotelian practical philosophy"

Hittade 4 avhandlingar innehållade orden Aristotelian practical philosophy.

  1. 1. Good Parents, Better Babies : An Argument about Reproductive Technologies, Enhancement and Ethics

    Författare :Erik Malmqvist; Fredrik Svenaeus; Stellan Welin; Eric Juengst; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Aristotelian practical philosophy; bioethics; hermeneutical ethics; human enhancement; instrumentalisation; moral intuitions; non-consequentialism; parenting; philosophy of medicine; practical wisdom; reproductive technologies; Aristotelisk praktisk filosofi; bioetik; förbättringar; föräldraskap; hermeneutisk etik; icke-konsekventialism; instrumentalisering; medicinens filosofi; moraliska intuitioner; praktisk vishet; provrörsbefruktning; Ethics; Etik;

    Sammanfattning : This study is a contribution to the bioethical debate about new and possibly emerging reproductive technologies. Its point of departure is the intuition, which many people seem to share, that using such technologies to select non-disease traits – like sex and emotional stability - in yet unborn children is morally problematic, at least more so than using the technologies to avoid giving birth to children with severe genetic diseases, or attempting to shape the non-disease traits of already existing children by environmental means, like education. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Transcendental idealism and the organism : essays on Kant

    Författare :Marcel Quarfood; Dugald Murdoch; Camilla Serck-Hanssen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Kant; things in themselves; transcendental idealism; perspective; intelligible world; epigenesis; biological functions; teleology; organism; antinomy; regulative maxim; discursivity; acquisitio originaria; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen;

    Sammanfattning : The notion of the organism has a somewhat ambiguous status in Kant’s philosophy. On the one hand it belongs to natural science, on the other hand it is based on an analogy with the structure of reason. Biology therefore has a peculiar place among the sciences according to Kant: it is a natural science constituted by the use of a regulative maxim. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Some Basic Issues in Neo-Aristotelian Virtue Ethics

    Författare :Frans Svensson; Sven Danielsson; Erik Carlson; Julia Annas; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Philosophy; Aristotle; elitism; expressivism; neo-Aristotelian naturalism; right action; virtue ethics VE ; Filosofi; Practical Philosophy; praktisk filosofi;

    Sammanfattning : During the last three or four decades, a number of moral philosophers have moved in the direction of virtue ethics (VE). In this essay we begin by providing an outline of the main features of VE. It is argued that the basic normative requirement of VE is to aspire towards developing a morally virtuous character. LÄS MER

  5. 4. The Rough Ground : Narrative explorations of vocational Bildung and wisdom in practice

    Författare :Ruhi Tyson; Lazaro Moreno Herrera; Maud Baumgarten; Philipp Gonon; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Vocational education; Bildung; Practical wisdom; Narrative; Practice; Didactics; pedagogik; Education;

    Sammanfattning : This compilation thesis, consisting of five articles, focuses on narrative explorations of vocational Bildung and wisdom in practice. It is an explicitly practical and empirical approach to what, for the most part, tends to be limited to philosophical discussions. LÄS MER