Sökning: "Gunnar Björnsson"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 7 avhandlingar innehållade orden Gunnar Björnsson.

  1. 1. Moral internalism : An Essay in Moral Psychology

    Författare :Gunnar Björnsson; Ingmar Persson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; praktisk filosofi; Practical Philosophy;

    Sammanfattning : An ancient but central divide in moral philosophy concerns the nature of opinions about what is morally wrong or what our moral duties are. Some philosophers argue that moral motivation is internal to moral opinions: that moral opinions consist of motivational states such as desires or emotions. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Libertarianism and Potential Agents : A Libertarian View of the Moral Rights of Foetuses and Children

    Författare :Anna-Karin Andersson; Torbjörn Tännsjö; Gunnar Björnsson; Hillel Steiner; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; abortion; active passive; intention foresight; libertarianism; negative rights; positive rights; potential agents; Practical philosophy; Praktisk filosofi; Practical Philosophy; praktisk filosofi;

    Sammanfattning : This essay advances a libertarian theory of moral rights, which responds effectively to some serious objections that have been raised against libertarianism. I show how libertarianism can explain children’s rights to certain physical integrity and aid. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Mistaken morality? : an essay on moral error theory

    Författare :Emma Beckman; Gunnar Björnsson; Bart Streumer; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; moral error theory; Mackie; Joyce; Olson; normative institution; fictionalism; normative error theory; epistemic error theory; irreducible normativity; abolitionism; conservationism; propagandism;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation explores arguments and questions related to moral error theory – the idea that morality inevitably involves a fundamental and serious error such that moral judgments and statements never come out true. It is suggested that the truth of error theory remains a non-negligible possibility, and that we for this reason should take a version of moral fictionalism seriously. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Moved by Morality : An Essay on the Practicality of Moral Thought and Talk

    Författare :John Eriksson; Sven Danielsson; Jan Österberg; Gunnar Björnsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Philosophy; Metaethics; moral talk; moral thought; internalism; externalism; cognitivism; noncognitivism; motivating states of mind; dispositions; motivation; attitudinal expression; the notion of expression; the possibility of amoralists; accommodation projects; sincerity conditions; Filosofi;

    Sammanfattning : It is part of our everyday experience that there is a reliable connection between moral opinions and motivation. Thinking that an act is right (wrong) tends to be accompanied by motivation to (avoid to) perform the act in question. This is mirrored in moral talk. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Payback Time : Essays on Attitudes, Partiality, and Rescuing

    Författare :Romy Eskens; Helen Frowe; Gunnar Björnsson; R. Jay Wallace; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; ethics; moral philosophy; reactive attitudes; gratitude; supererogation; beneficence; wrongdoing; equality; partiality; duties to rescue; Philosophy; filosofi;

    Sammanfattning : Does the moral quality of someone’s past treatment of us, or of other people, change how we are morally permitted or required to treat them? Many philosophers think so. They argue, for instance, that someone’s supererogatory or impermissible behaviour can permit or require certain positive or negative attitudinal responses, such as gratitude or resentment. LÄS MER