Sökning: "consequentialism"

Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 15 avhandlingar innehållade ordet consequentialism.

1. 11. 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

3. 12. National Courts as Gatekeepers in European Integration : Examining the Choices National Courts Make in the Preliminary Ruling Procedure

   Författare :Karin Leijon; Christer Karlsson; Li Bennich-Björkman; Katrin Uba; Daniel Naurin; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; European integration; National courts; Court of Justice of the European Union; Statskunskap; Political Science;

   Sammanfattning : The national courts’ placement in the intersection between the EU and member state legal systems makes them important gatekeepers in the process of European legal integration. In the scholarly debate, national courts are characterized as either supporters of legal integration or as defenders of national sovereignty. LÄS MER

4. 13. Morality and the Pursuit of Happiness : A Study in Kantian Ethics

   Författare :Johan Brännmark; Praktisk filosofi; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Systematic philosophy; Henry Sidgwick; G. E. Moore; wide reflective equilibrium; metaphysics of the person; Ethics; value; moral realism; social constructivism; philosophy of action; theories of motivation; the dualism of practical reason; the highest good; happiness; virtue; the categorical imperative; maxims; moral principles; Immanuel Kant; moral judgment; aesthetics; metaphysics; epistemology; ideology; Praktisk filosofi; estetik; metafysik; kunskapsteori; ideologi;

   Sammanfattning : This work seeks to develop a Kantian ethical theory in terms of a general ontology of values and norms together with a metaphysics of the person that makes sense of this ontology. It takes as its starting point Kant’s assertion that a good will is the only thing that has an unconditioned value and his accompanying view that the highest good consists in virtue and happiness in proportion to virtue. LÄS MER

5. 14. Unfit to live among others : Essays on the ethics of imprisonment

   Författare :William Bülow; Till Grüne-Yanoff; Christopher Bennett; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Applied Ethics; Collateral Harm; Communicative Theory of Punishment; Democratic Self- determination; Doctrine of Double Effect; Felon Disenfranchisement; Imprisonment; Legal Punishment; Practical Philosophy; Philosophy of Punishment; Privacy; Filosofi; Philosophy;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis provides an ethical analysis of imprisonment as a mode of punishment. Consisting in an introduction and four papers the thesis addresses several important questions concerning imprisonment from a number of different perspectives and theoretical starting points. LÄS MER

7. 15. To Describe, Transmit or Inquire : Ethics and technology in school

   Författare :Viktor Gardelli; Gudmundur Frimannsson; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Education; Ethics; Technology; Dialog; Philosophy; Philosophy with children; School; Curriculum; Interviews; Pedagogik; Skola; Etik; Teknik; Utbildningsfilosofi; Filosofi; Filosofi med barn; Dialog; Internet; Läroplan; Intervjuer; Pedagogik; Education;

   Sammanfattning : Ethics is of vital importance to the Swedish educational system, as in many other educational systems around the world. Yet, it is unclear how ethics should be dealt with in school, and prior research and evaluations have found serious problems regarding ethics in education. LÄS MER