Sökning: "ethical obligation"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 14 avhandlingar innehållade orden ethical obligation.

  1. 1. Animals and the Politics of Suffering : Essays on Law, Care and Interspecies Relations

    Författare :Marie Leth-Espensen; Rättssociologiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; animal suffering; industrialised animal production; care; anthropocentrism; visibility; witnessing; ethical obligation; Critical Animal Studies; socio-legal research; Denmark;

    Sammanfattning : This compilation thesis aims to develop an understanding of the ethical, legal and political implications associated with different strategies to address the suffering of animals caused by industrialised agriculture. Based on qualitative analysis conducted in Denmark, the research explores how ethical commitment to the situation of farmed animals is negotiated across different domains. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Ethical Issues in the Adoption and Implementation of Vision Zero Policies in Road Safety

    Författare :Henok Girma Abebe; Karin Edvardsson Björnberg; Sven Ove Hansson; Matts-Åke Belin; Elin Palm; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ethics; Equity; Road Safety; Vision Zero; Responsibility; Systems Thinking; Risk; Drivin; Philosophy; Filosofi;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this doctoral thesis is to analyze ethical issues in the adoption and implementation of Vision Zero policies. The first article analyses criticisms against Vision Zero goals and measures promoted to reach them. We identify and assess “moral”, “operational”, and “rationality-based” arguments against Vision Zero. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Narrative Ethics and Intuition of the Infinite: E. L. Doctorow´s Gnostic Hope for the Postmodern Era

    Författare :Catharine Walker Bergström; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; ethics; postmodernism; narrative ethics; metaethics; intertextuality; intuition; truth; Self; moral agency; deconstruction; Gnosticism; Kabbalah; Levinas; Emerson; Jung; Derrida;

    Sammanfattning : Abstract: Walker Bergström, Catharine. Narrative Ethics and Intuition of the Infinite: E. L. Doctorow s Gnostic Hope for the Postmodern Era, Department of English, University of Gothenburg, 2008. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Ethics of Imprisonment : Essays in Criminal Justice Ethics

    Författare :William Bülow; Till Grüne-Yanoff; Göran Duus-Otterström; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Collateral Harms; Communicative Theory of Punishment; Consequentialism; Criminal Justice Ethics; Doctrine of Double Effect; Electronic Monitoring; Imprisonment; Legal Punishment; Moral Education Theory of Punishment; Privacy; Philosophy of Punishment; Retributivism; Filosofi; Philosophy;

    Sammanfattning : This licentiate thesis consists of three essays which all concern the ethics of imprisonment and what constitutes an ethically defensible treatment of criminal offenders.Paper 1 defends the claim that prisoners have a right to privacy. I argue that the right to privacy is important because of its connection to moral agency. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Trust in Biobank Research : Meaning and Moral Significance

    Författare :Linus Johnsson; Mats G. Hansson; Gert Helgesson; Stefan Eriksson; Berge Solberg; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Biobank; biobank research; bioethics; biobank ethics; research ethics; trust; trustworthiness; moral responsibility; informed consent; ethics review; ethics guidelines; Bioetik; Bioethics;

    Sammanfattning : What role should trust have in biobank research? Is it a scarce resource to be cultivated, or does its moral significance lie elsewhere? How does it relate to the researcher’s individual responsibility?In this thesis I draw four general conclusions. First, trust is still very much present in at least some biobanking settings, notably in Sweden, but possibly also internationally. LÄS MER