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  1. 36. Reinterpreting Liberal Legitimacy

    Författare :Emil Andersson; Folke Tersman; Patricia Mindus; Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; liberalism; political legitimacy; liberal principle of legitimacy; contractualism; justice; political liberalism; John Rawls; Practical Philosophy; Praktisk filosofi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is an inquiry into the Liberal Principle of Legitimacy, formulated by John Rawls in his later writings. According to this principle, the exercise of political power is legitimate only if it is justifiable to all citizens. LÄS MER

  3. 37. Democracy and the Common Good : A Study of the Weighted Majority Rule

    Författare :Katharina Berndt Rasmussen; Gustaf Arrhenius; Folke Tersman; Luc Bovens; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Weighted majority rule; common good; collective optimality; well-being; welfare; self-interest; stakes; proportionality; democracy; preference aggregation; Condorcet jury theorem; strategic voting; praktisk filosofi; Practical Philosophy;

    Sammanfattning : In this study I analyse the performance of a democratic decision-making rule: the weighted majority rule. It assigns to each voter a number of votes that is proportional to her stakes in the decision. LÄS MER

  4. 38. Measures of Freedom of Choice

    Författare :Karin Enflo; Erik Carlson; Thomas Anderberg; Martin van Hees; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Freedom of Choice; Measure; Choice Set; Diversity; Cardinality; Evenness; Decision Theory; Metric Space; Practical Philosophy; Praktisk filosofi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis studies the problem of measuring freedom of choice. It analyzes the concept of freedom of choice, discusses conditions that a measure should satisfy, and introduces a new class of measures that uniquely satisfy ten proposed conditions. LÄS MER

  5. 39. Axiological Investigations

    Författare :Jonas Olson; Sven Danielsson; Erik Carlson; Brad Hooker; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Practical philosophy; axiology; buck-passing; conditionalism; final value; G.E. Moore; intrinsic goodness; intrinsicalism; supervenience; tropes; Praktisk filosofi; Practical philosophy; Praktisk filosofi;

    Sammanfattning : The subject of this thesis is formal axiology, i.e., the discipline that deals with structural and conceptual questions about value. The main focus is on intrinsic or final value. LÄS MER

  7. 40. Ideology, Rationality, and Revolution : An Essay on the Persistence of Oppression

    Författare :Nicolas Olsson-Yaouzis; Gustaf Arrhenius; Torbjörn Tännsjö; Geoffrey Brennan; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Oppression; ideology; revolution; rational choice theory; analytical Marxism; functional explanations; Gerald Cohen; Gordon Tullock; praktisk filosofi; Practical Philosophy;

    Sammanfattning : This essay is concerned with two explanations of why oppressive social orders persist. According to the first, the so-called gunman theory of oppression (GT), these social orders persist because the oppressed are afraid being punished if they participated in a revolt. LÄS MER