Sökning: "human-nature relations"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 11 avhandlingar innehållade orden human-nature relations.
1. The Social Aspect in Plato’s Ethics : The Significance of Human Beings’ Social Nature in Approaching Justice, Wisdom, and Partnership
Sammanfattning : This dissertation explores whether or to what extent the notion that humans are social animals influences Plato’s ethics. The goal is to develop a line of interpreting Plato that is broadly zoological-based; a line that I call the social approach. LÄS MER
2. Violence, power, and justice : A feminist contribution to Christian sexual ethics
Sammanfattning : This study discusses how male battering of women can be understood through due attention to contemporary psychological and sociological interpretations and concludes that a critical feminist perspective offers the most adequate explanation of the problem. Feminist theories on the function of male violence in patriarchal societies coupled with theories on power and the social construction of sexuality as well as feminist theories about the institution of heterosexual marriage are then discussed; the result is a serious critique of marriage as an institution which is not safe with regard to women, reproducing and reaffirming as it does the patriarchal power relations of the sexes. LÄS MER
3. Bridges, Walls, Doors : On Democracy and Nature
Sammanfattning : The concept of green democracy has been advanced in green political theory as a way to include the natural world in the political and, by that, overcome an alleged wall, a fundamental disunity, separating humans and nature in modernity and substitute it with a unity of identity that would bridge the gap between them. It has also been vested with the coupled power to transform society in a sustainable direction. LÄS MER
4. Turning Work Inside Out : Exploring Outdoor Office Work
Sammanfattning : Why don't we usually work outdoors? While some professions require it, most white-collar workers remain indoors, sedentary, and screen-bound. Yet, the potential benefits of outdoor work on health, well-being, learning, and creativity are significant and underexplored, especially given the demands of today's knowledge-intensive work life. LÄS MER
5. Women and economic justice : Ethics in feminist liberation theology and feminist economics
Sammanfattning : This work focus on women, justice and economics. The work of feminist economists and feminist ethicists is analyzed with regard to economic justice. LÄS MER
