Sökning: "moral pluralism"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 17 avhandlingar innehållade orden moral pluralism.
1. Pluralism and unity in education : on education for democratic citizenship and personal autonomy in a pluralist society
Sammanfattning : The overarching theme of this thesis concerns the possibility of balancing the values of unity and pluralism in education in developed nation states characterized by an increasing pluralism when it comes to the beliefs and values of its citizens. The author suggests that democracy has a normative basis in the principle of reciprocity which can be supported in an overlapping consensus by reasonable persons who differ in their moral, religious and philosophical beliefs. LÄS MER
2. Behaving as a Christ‐Believer : A Cognitive Perspective on Identity and Behavior Norms in Ephesians
Sammanfattning : This study contributes to the understanding of how first century Christ-believers, particularly those who shared the imagination of Ephesians, experienced the relation between their social identity as Christ-believers and behavior norms. In order to understand this, a number of theories from the cognitive sciences are used in combination with historical-critical methods. LÄS MER
3. Bioethics Across Borders : An African Perspective
Sammanfattning : Bioethics deals with the ethical problems arising from the developments in life sciences and biotechnologies. Western autonomy-based philosophical framework has dominated the approach of mainstream Bioethics. LÄS MER
4. Guiding Concepts : Essays on Normative Concepts, Knowledge, and Deliberation
Sammanfattning : This thesis addresses a range of questions about normativity, broadly understood. Recurring themes include (i) the idea of normative ‘action-guidance’, and the connection between normativity and motivational states, (ii) the possibility of normative knowledge and its role in deliberation, and (iii) the question of whether (and if so, how) normative concepts can themselves be evaluated. LÄS MER
5. Globalization, Justice, and Communication : A Critical Study of Global Ethics
Sammanfattning : The purpose of this study is to seek to an answer to the question of what constitutes a tenable model for global ethics. This is done in part by a critical engagement with four different models of global ethics; two proposals from political philosophy and two contributions from theological ethics. LÄS MER