Sökning: "human and animal rights"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 9 avhandlingar innehållade orden human and animal rights.

1. 1. Weighing Animal Lives : A Critical Assessment of Justification and Prioritization in Animal-Rights Theories

   Författare :Fredrik Karlsson; Carl-Henric Grenholm; Frans W. A. Brom; Per Sundman; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Animal rights; justification; prioritization; applied ethics; proper function; justice; rights language; vivisection; rights conflict; Ethics; Etik; Etik; Ethics;

   Sammanfattning : The project underlying this dissertation aims at analyzing three pro-animal-rights theories, evaluating the theories, and outlining an alternative theoretical account of animal rights. The analytical categories are justification and function of animal rights, the definition of the right holder, and the resolution approach to rights conflict. LÄS MER

3. 2. Problem Animals : A Critical Genealogy of Animal Cruelty and Animal Welfare in Swedish Politics 1844–1944

   Författare :Per-Anders Svärd; Ludvig Beckman; Kristina Boréus; Marcel Wissenburg; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; animal rights; animal welfare; animal protection; animal cruelty; animal politics; human-animal studies; critical animal studies; statsvetenskap; Political Science;

   Sammanfattning : Despite growing academic interest in the human–animal relationship, little research has been directed toward the political regulation of animal treatment. Even less attention has been accorded to the emergence of the long dominant paradigm in this policy area, namely, the ideology of animal welfare. LÄS MER

4. 3. Mellan lag och moral : Civil olydnad och militanta veganer i fyra svenska dagstidningar åren omkring millennieskiftet

   Författare :Yvonne Andersson; Kristina Widestedt; Gunilla Jarlbro; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; journalism; civil disobedience; militant vegans; animal rights; rhetorical analysis; protagonist; antagonist; the Mediapolis; moral standpoints; Media and communication studies; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; journalistik; Journalism;

   Sammanfattning : The main purpose of the dissertation is to describe how four Swedish newspapers construct ethical standpoints and what norms they prescribe. This is done through a characterization of the civil disobedience discourse, in particular the discourse about animal rights activism and militant vegans, around the turn of the millennium (1990-2004). LÄS MER

5. 4. EU Law and Religion : A Study of How the Court of Justice has Adjudicated on Religious Matters in Union Law

   Författare :Emma Ahlm; Petra Herzfeld-Olsson; Joel Samuelsson; Lucy Vickers; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; European law; EU law; law and religion; non-discrimination law; fundamental rights; religious equality; freedom of religion; state-church relations; Europarätt; European Integration Law;

   Sammanfattning : This study has caught a legal development in the making. The Court of Justice has, over the last ten years, developed a body of case law relating to religious matters in connection to EU law which spans a wide range of subject areas; non-discrimination law, data protection, state aid, animal welfare and slaughter rules. LÄS MER

7. 5. Culture, Conflict and Crises in the Icelandic Fisheries : An Anthropological Study of People, Policy and Marine Resources in the North Atlantic Arctic

   Författare :Níels Einarsson; Hugh Beach; Rob van Ginkel; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; environmental perceptions; fisheries governance; fishing culture; common property resources; economic crisis; human and animal rights; Iceland; marine-mammal conservation; privatization; whale watching; Cultural anthropology; Kulturantropologi; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis is offered as a contribution to studies of social and cultural change in the Icelandic fisheries and fishing communities. Such changes may be seen as a result of the interplay of internal dynamics with both national and global forces and processes, not least with regard to the impacts of fisheries governance. LÄS MER