Sökning: "Derek Parfit"

Hittade 2 avhandlingar innehållade orden Derek Parfit.

  1. 1. Why Care About Future People's Environment? : Approaches to Non-Identity in Contractualism and Natural Law

    Författare :Jasmina Nedevska Törnqvist; Ludvig Beckman; Johan Tralau; Clare Heyward; Avner de-Shalit; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Environmental duties; intergenerational duties; non-identity problem; contractualism; natural law; person-affecting; impersonal; Derek Parfit; Thomas Scanlon; John Rawls; Thomas Aquinas; John Finnis; institutional non-identity problem; basic values; common good; intergenerational community; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : The dissertation analyses the capacity of contractualism and natural law to justify environmental intergenerational duties.For three decades, climate change has been a major political concern. As a fundamental threat to environmental sustainability, climate change is believed to threaten the long-term welfare of humankind. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Over-Determination and Act-Consequentialism

    Författare :Magnus Jedenheim Edling; Folke Tersman; Jens Johansson; David Boonin; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Over-Determination; Pre-Emption; Act-Consequentialism; Filosofi; Philosophy; Praktisk filosofi; Practical Philosophy;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation is a discussion of the challenge that cases of over-determination pose to Act-Consequentialism. Although there are many realistic examples of such cases – for example, pollution, overfishing, or the election of an inappropriate politician – I consider structurally purer examples, one of which I call “Case One. LÄS MER