Sökning: "Praktisk filosofi"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 113 avhandlingar innehållade orden Praktisk filosofi.

  1. 1. Empathy and emotions : on the notion of empathy as emotional sharing

    Författare :Peter Nilsson; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Philosophy; Filosofi; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen; Practical Philosophy; praktisk filosofi; empathy; emotion; sympathy; compassion; Theoretical philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi;

    Sammanfattning : The topic of this study is a notion of empathy that is common in philosophy and in the behavioral sciences. It is here referred to as ‘the notion of empathy as emotional sharing’, and it is characterized in terms of three ideas. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Over-Determination and Act-Consequentialism

    Författare :Magnus Jedenheim Edling; Folke Tersman; Jens Johansson; David Boonin; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; 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

  4. 3. The Employment Contract between Ethics and Economics

    Författare :Lars Lindblom; Sven Ove Hansson; Peter Fabienne; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; Justice; work; efficiency; desert; consent; contestability; workplace inspections; whistleblowing; the market; equality of resources; justice as fairness; the employment contract; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen; Practical Philosophy; praktisk filosofi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates what work ought to be like. The answer it presents consists of an outline of a liberaltheory of justice in the employment contract based on theory developed in the area of political philosophy. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Power and Social Ontology

    Författare :Åsa Burman; Praktisk filosofi; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Filosofi; Philosophy; John Searle; Social structures; Institutional facts; Moral facts; Opaque kinds of social facts; Social power; Philosophy of special sciences; Collective intentionality; Särskilda vetenskapers filosofi;

    Sammanfattning : This work presents an account of social power based on recent advances in social ontology. It is argued that a conceptual analysis of social power can be informed by developments in social ontology, but also that this field can be enriched, and in fact requires, an analysis of this central social concept. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Harm, Benefit, and Non-Identity

    Författare :Per Algander; Jens Johansson; Gustaf Arrhenius; Ben Bradley; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; harm; benefit; population ethics; person affecting view; asymmetry; well-being; reasons; autonomy; Praktisk filosofi; Practical Philosophy;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis in an invistigation into the concept of "harm" and its moral relevance. A common view is that an analysis of harm should include a counterfactual condition: an act harms a person iff it makes that person worse off. A common objection to the moral relevance of harm, thus understood, is the non-identity problem. LÄS MER