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Visar resultat 36 - 40 av 59 avhandlingar innehållade orden Virtue ethics.

  1. 36. Mechanicus : Performing an Early Modern Persona

    Författare :Jacob Orrje; H. Otto Sibum; Fors Hjalmar; Thomas Kaiserfeld; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; mechanics; performance; virtue; persona; mathematics; self fashioning; education; masculinity; age; oeconomy; cameralism; Sweden; eighteenth century; intergenerational relationships; History of Sciences and Ideas; Idé- och lärdomshistoria;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis studies mechanics as a means of making men, rather than machines. Drawing on Swedish sources from 1700–50, it approaches mechanics as an exercise of a virtuous subject, known to his contemporaries as the “mechanicus”. LÄS MER

  3. 37. Medborgardygd : Den europeiska staden och det offentliga rummets etos

    Författare :Björn Badersten; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Novgorod; Florence; European history; ideal type; city; justice; temperance; fortitude; prudence; friendship; citizenship; citizen; Aristotle; civic virtues; Problem of order; virtue ethics; Moscow.; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap;

    Sammanfattning : What does it mean to be a good citizen? Starting with Aristotle’s ethics and philosophy of friendship formulated between the private and the public in politics' and with the timeless question of what makes a society possible as a backdrop, the author outlines a possible answer. A good citizen is a virtuous citizen, and a virtuous citizen is prudent, courageous, moderate and just. LÄS MER

  4. 38. The moral status of nature : reasons to care for the natural world

    Författare :Lars Samuelsson; Roger Fjellström; Johan Brännmark; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Environmental ethics; ecocentrism; reasons; reason for action; normative reason; moral status; moral standing; moral considerability; final value; intrinsic value; biocentrism; nature-considerism; nature; nature as a whole; the natural world; complexity; indispensability; interests; Practical philosophy; Praktisk filosofi;

    Sammanfattning : The subject-matter of this essay is the moral status of nature. This subject is dealt with in terms of normative reasons. The main question is if there are direct normative reasons to care for nature in addition to the numerous indirect normative reasons that there are for doing so. LÄS MER

  5. 39. Skuld och oskuld : barnamord och barnkvävning i rättslig diskurs och praxis omkring 1680–1800

    Författare :Eva Bergenlöv; Historia; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History; honour; virtue; motherhood; marriage; Religious culture; gender; Historia;

    Sammanfattning : The objective of this thesis is to analyse how judicial texts concerning guilty and innocent mothers were constructed during the period of c. 1680-1800. The two crimes of infanticide and overlaying have been examined. Source materials have primarily consisted of proceedings from the appeals court, courts of first instance, and parish meetings. LÄS MER

  7. 40. Ethical problems in work and working environment contexts

    Författare :Anders J. Persson; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; contract of employment; double standards; drug testing. ethics; ethical justification; exposure; genetic testing; health and safety standards; privacy; surveillance; risks; work; work environment; Philosophy;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis identifies and systematizes two categories ofpractical problems that stem from work and working environmentcontexts: workplace privacy and occupational health risks. Thefocus of the discussion is on ethical justification. LÄS MER