Sökning: "praktisk filosofi"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 107 avhandlingar innehållade orden praktisk filosofi.

  1. 1. Empathy and emotions : on the notion of empathy as emotional sharing

    Författare :Peter Nilsson; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Philosophy; Filosofi; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen; Practical Philosophy; praktisk filosofi; empathy; emotion; sympathy; compassion; Theoretical philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi;

    Sammanfattning : The topic of this study is a notion of empathy that is common in philosophy and in the behavioral sciences. It is here referred to as ‘the notion of empathy as emotional sharing’, and it is characterized in terms of three ideas. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Over-Determination and Act-Consequentialism

    Författare :Magnus Jedenheim Edling; Folke Tersman; Jens Johansson; David Boonin; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Over-Determination; Pre-Emption; Act-Consequentialism; Filosofi; Philosophy; Praktisk filosofi; Practical Philosophy;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation is a discussion of the challenge that cases of over-determination pose to Act-Consequentialism. Although there are many realistic examples of such cases – for example, pollution, overfishing, or the election of an inappropriate politician – I consider structurally purer examples, one of which I call “Case One. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Power and Social Ontology

    Författare :Åsa Burman; Praktisk filosofi; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Filosofi; Philosophy; John Searle; Social structures; Institutional facts; Moral facts; Opaque kinds of social facts; Social power; Philosophy of special sciences; Collective intentionality; Särskilda vetenskapers filosofi;

    Sammanfattning : This work presents an account of social power based on recent advances in social ontology. It is argued that a conceptual analysis of social power can be informed by developments in social ontology, but also that this field can be enriched, and in fact requires, an analysis of this central social concept. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Libertarianism and Potential Agents : A Libertarian View of the Moral Rights of Foetuses and Children

    Författare :Anna-Karin Andersson; Torbjörn Tännsjö; Gunnar Björnsson; Hillel Steiner; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; abortion; active passive; intention foresight; libertarianism; negative rights; positive rights; potential agents; Practical philosophy; Praktisk filosofi; Practical Philosophy; praktisk filosofi;

    Sammanfattning : This essay advances a libertarian theory of moral rights, which responds effectively to some serious objections that have been raised against libertarianism. I show how libertarianism can explain children’s rights to certain physical integrity and aid. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Future generations : A challenge for moral theory

    Författare :Gustaf Arrhenius; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Philosophy; future generations; population theory; population ethics; axiology; welfare; moral theory; social choice theory; impossibility theorems; Filosofi; Practical philosophy; Praktisk filosofi; Practical Philosophy; Praktisk filosofi;

    Sammanfattning : For the last thirty years or so, there has been a search underway for a theory that canaccommodate our intuitions in regard to moral duties to future generations. The object ofthis search has proved surprisingly elusive. The classical moral theories in the literature allhave perplexing implications in this area. LÄS MER