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Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 116 avhandlingar innehållade orden Praktisk filosofi.
11. The Logical Structure of the Moral Concepts : An Essay in Propositional Deontic Logic
Sammanfattning : In this thesis, the main focus is on deontic logic as a tool for formal representation of moral reasoning in natural language. The simple standard system of deontic logic (SDL), i.e. LÄS MER
12. Hedonistic Act Utilitarianism : Action Guidance and Moral Intuitions
Sammanfattning : According to hedonistic act utilitarianism, an act is morally right if and only if, and because, it produces at least as much pleasure minus pain as any alternative act available to the agent. This dissertation gives a partial defense of utilitarianism against two types of objections: action guidance objections and intuitive objections. LÄS MER
13. Libertarianism and Potential Agents : A Libertarian View of the Moral Rights of Foetuses and Children
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
14. Future generations : A challenge for moral theory
Sammanfattning : For the last thirty years or so, there has been a search underway for a theory that canaccommodate our intuitions in regard to moral duties to future generations. The object ofthis search has proved surprisingly elusive. The classical moral theories in the literature allhave perplexing implications in this area. LÄS MER
15. Kön, kropp och konstruktion : en undersökning av den filosofiska grunden för distinktionen mellan kön och genus
Sammanfattning : The distinction between sex and gender has become widely accepted in society and it is a basic assumption in many feminist theories. But in the 90s, this distinction has been severly criticised. LÄS MER
