Sökning: "direct claims"

Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 31 avhandlingar innehållade orden direct claims.

  1. 6. 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

  3. 7. Eliciting human intelligence: A conceptualization and empirical testing of the Scharff technique

    Författare :Simon Oleszkiewicz; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; the Scharff technique; human intelligence gathering; information elicitation;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is on how to elicit intelligence from human sources with the principal aim being to examine the efficacy of the tactics employed by the renowned WWII interrogator Hanns Scharff. A novel experimental set-up (as well as new dependent measures) was introduced to evaluate the efficacy of different human intelligence gathering techniques. LÄS MER

  4. 8. Help-Seeking and Causal Attributions for Helping

    Författare :Ingrid Olsson; Anders Biel; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychology; Causal attributions; communication; consensus; directness; gender; help-seeking; household-management; indirect; prosocial-behavior; self-serving; sex-differences; spouses; Psykologi; Psychology; Psykologi; Psychology; psykologi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates help-seeking and effects of help-seeking on causal attributions for helping (i.e., what people believe caused help or lack of help). Additionally, it examines self-serving and other-serving attributions (i. LÄS MER

  5. 9. Alternativa anspråksvägar i skadeståndsrätten : Om förhållandet mellan kontrakts- och deliktsansvar i avtalsförhållanden och kontraktskedjor

    Författare :Stina Bratt; Jan Kleineman; Jessika van der Sluijs; Johnny Herre; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; contract law; tort law; contractual liability; tort liability; non-contractual liability; damages; concurrent liability; alternative application of rules; overlapping rules; parallel rules; chain of contracts; compensatory damages; strict liability; privity of contract; third party rights; vicarious liability; third party loss; product liability; pure economic loss; negligent misrepresentation; joint and several liability; comparative law; legal dogmatics; rättsvetenskap med inriktning mot civilrätt; Legal Science; specialisation Private Law;

    Sammanfattning : The thesis explores the possibility in Swedish law for an injured party to claim damages under two different sets of rules, namely contract law and tort law, with emphasis on possible alternative routes to compensatory damages. Liability for damages can be based on contractual liability rules or non-contractual liability rules (tort law). LÄS MER

  7. 10. Kunskap, kontrovers och kvicksilver : debatten om amalgamförgiftning i det sena 1900-talets Sverige

    Författare :Jonatan Samuelsson; Christer Nordlund; Erland Mårald; Ylva Söderfeldt; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; amalgam; dentistry; co-production; medical history; controversy; boundary-work; biocommunicability; 20th century; Sweden; patient-consumer; contested illnesses; patient organizations; idé- och lärdomshistoria; History Of Sciences and Ideas; medicinsk humaniora; Medical Humanities;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation in the history of science and ideas studies the Swedish dental amalgam controversy in the late 20th century. Erupting in the early 1980s, the controversy concerned the issue of whether mercury containing dental amalgams could poison those who had had their teeth filled, or whether the many patients making such claims were in fact suffering from stress, unresolved trauma, or other illnesses. LÄS MER