Sökning: "sanctity of life"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 avhandlingar innehållade orden sanctity of life.

1. 1. The Moral Rubicon. A Study of the Principles of Sanctity of Life and Quality of Life in Bioethics

   Författare :Axel Carlberg; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; secular ethics; bioethics; sanctity of life; quality of life; procedural ethics; utilitarianism; deontology; Peter Singer; Helga Kuhse; H.T. Engelhardt; Theology; Teologi;

   Sammanfattning : The principles of sanctity of life and quality of life are often appealed to in medical decisions at the "edges of life." Notwithstanding their importance in bioethics, these principles are still badly understood. This study is an attempt to clarify their normative significance and content. LÄS MER

3. 2. Sanctity and Environment in Ethiopian Hagiography : The Case of Gedle Gebre Menfes Qiddus

   Författare :Abate Gobena; Samuel Rubenson; Thomas Arentzen; Susan Harvey; Avdelningen för östkyrkliga studier Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Hagiography; Ethiopian Orthodox Church; Sanctity of nature; Gebre Menfes Qiddus; Reconciliation of heaven and earth; Eastern Christian Studies; Östkyrkliga studier;

   Sammanfattning : The original forests of the central and northern highlands of Ethiopia are almost entirely confined to the “sacred groves” surrounding the churches and monasteries of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church. In Ethiopian tradition sanctity starts from the Tabot on the altar of the church and extends to the outer periphery of the compound. LÄS MER

4. 3. Sketching the Invisible : Patterns of Church and City in Theodoret of Cyrrhus' Philotheos Historia

   Författare :Andreas Westergren; Kyrko- och missionsstudier; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Late Antiquity; biography; hagiography; panegyric; asceticism; monasticism; Syria; Antioch; Symeon the Stylite; pilgrimage; relics; cult of the saints; civic ideals; invention of tradition; the role of the bishop; ecclesiology; sacralization; christianization; philosophy; Neoplatonism; Libanius; Dionysius Areopagita;

   Sammanfattning : The fundamental question in this work concerns the ideal relation between asceticism and society in a 5th c. writing (C.E.), the Philotheos Historia (PH), written in elaborate Greek by the learned bishop of Cyrrhus, Theodoret. LÄS MER

5. 4. End-of-life care and euthanasia : attitudes of medical students and dying cancer patients

   Författare :Marit Karlsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Sammanfattning : Introduction: In end-of-life care, supporting the factors required for a good death is a goal. Core concepts in a good death are dignity, autonomy, and the relief of suffering. Paradoxically, these concepts are used both in palliative care and to promote euthanasia, which are traditionally seen as conflicting alternatives. LÄS MER

7. 5. Rätten till privatlivet : och moralen bakom omoralen i svensk press 1920 – 1980

   Författare :Mattias Hessérus; Torkel Jansson; Lars M Andersson; Ester Pollack; Kim Salomon; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Privacy; Right to Privacy; Media Ethics; Journalism; Media History; History of the Swedish Press; Privatliv; Privatlivets helgd; Pressetik; Journalistik; Publicitetsregler; Presshistoria; Mediehistoria; Svensk press; Historia; History;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the development of the notion of the right to privacy in Sweden between 1920 and 1980. The formation of the notion of the right to privacy is studied through the debate concerning exposure of the aspect of privacy that can be considered the most sensitive: the individual’s sex life and intimate relations. LÄS MER