Browsing Filosofi by Title
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)Mens James Griffin med verket On Human Rights gir det hittil mest komplette forsvar for behovet av et naturalistisk grunnlag for menneskerettighetene, argumenterer Charles Beitz i The Idea of Human Rights med at ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)Denne masteroppgaven ser på rettferdighetsteoriene til John Rawls og den tidlige Robert Nozick, og analyserer om deres rettferdighetsprinsipper følger av det menneske- og samfunnssyn som ligger til grunn. Rettferdighetsprinsippene ...
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(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2002)Denne avhandlingen er en undersøkelse av frihetsbegrepet hos Skandinavias to fremste filosofer noen sinne, nemlig Søren Kierkegaard fra Danmark og Marcus Jacob Monrad fra Norge. Oppgaven er ikke ment å være en sammenlignende ...
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Metaforen : som premiss og som implikasjon : en språkfilosofisk undersøkelse av et estetisk fenomen (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)I denne oppgaven forsøker jeg å besvare spørsmål (1): «Hva er en metafor?». Dette gjør jeg først indirekte, ved å posisjonere metaforen i forhold til de språklige fenomenene kontekstavhengighet og tvetydighet. Deretter ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)The subject-matter of this thesis is business ethics. The purpose of this thesis is an attempted revival of the stockholder theory, to show that it is a viable position, but in need of augmentation. The thesis defends the ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)Mistake in performance is when we simply fail to do what we intend to do. According to Anscombe, in cases of error in action, the notion of mistake in performance allows for the possibility of there being nothing wrong ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)Humanity’s insufficient attempts at reducing carbon emissions to prevent runaway climate change have inspired some to propose that we “engineer” the climate-system; large-scale technological interventions, with the aim to ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)Michael Smith argues that “a change in moral motivation follows reliably in a change in moral judgements, at least in the good and strong-willed person” (1994:71). He illustrates this change with two people engaged in an ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)The objective of this dissertation is to examine the moral arguments commonly presented in the current debate on active and passive euthanasia in the United States. I claim the belief that there is a moral permissibility ...
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(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2007)The point of departure of this thesis is based on the Ganges water disputes between India and Bangladesh. The water conflict emerged when India, through the Farakka dam, started unilaterally to divert a large amount of the ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)This thesis has two parts, a critical and a constructive part. The first part raises a set of challenges to moral realism. The second part provides a response to these challenges. The first part begins by raising the ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)The purpose of this thesis is to have a closer look at moral relativism, and the problem of immersion. Most people will accept that the truth of judgements are relative to certain standards, a moral framework. Most people ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)In his influential piece, Freedom and Resentment, P.F. Strawson suggested a new approach to the old debate between freedom and determinism. He proposed understanding agential responsibility by analyzing psychological and ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)Can care-ethics provide an argument for the moral responsibility of economic agents? In mainstream economic theory it is standardly assumed that economic agents are largely rational, self-interested and driven by the pursuit ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)Climate change and environmental damage are some of the biggest challenges we face today. Since the 1960s, the default system of natural resource governance has been permanent sovereignty, which means that states can do ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)Denne oppgåva drøftar om det er moralsk legitimt for eit offer å ikkje tilgje. I boka Jenseits von Schuld und Sühne skildrar Jean Amèry sine eigne erfaringar som Holocaustoverlevande og vidare korleis han nekta å tilgje ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)Is it possible to provide an argument that justifies indigenous claims to specific land and resources? Should indigenous peoples be compensated for the historic injustice they have suffered or should there be moral statutes ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2005)Oppgaven diskuterer kroppens moralske status i forhold til Kant, MacIntyre og Care Ethics. Utdrag fra innledningen: Arguments concerning organ donors and other so called ‘bio-ethical’ questions have been numerous both in ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)Varsling defineres som når en arbeidstaker sier ifra til en person eller instans som kan gjøre noe med et kritikkverdig forhold på arbeidsplassen, og danner utgangspunkt for begrepet om moralsk praksis. I Whistleblowers ...