Search for dissertations about: "Kantian ethics"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words Kantian ethics.

2. 1. Human Dignity : A Study in Medical Ethics

   Author : Sofia Morberg Jämterud; Elena Namli; Hille Haker; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Human dignity; Medical Ethics; Empirical Ethics; Narrative Analysis; Christian Ethics; Vulnerability; Autonomy; Responsibility; Mikhail Bakhtin; Palliative Care; Neonatal Care; Etik; Ethics;

   Abstract : Human dignity is an enunciated ethical principle in many societies, and it has elicited a great deal of interest, not least because it is central in health care. However, it has also been the subject of criticism. READ MORE

4. 2. Morality and the Pursuit of Happiness : A Study in Kantian Ethics

   Author : Johan Brännmark; Praktisk filosofi; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Systematic philosophy; Henry Sidgwick; G. E. Moore; wide reflective equilibrium; metaphysics of the person; Ethics; value; moral realism; social constructivism; philosophy of action; theories of motivation; the dualism of practical reason; the highest good; happiness; virtue; the categorical imperative; maxims; moral principles; Immanuel Kant; moral judgment; aesthetics; metaphysics; epistemology; ideology; Praktisk filosofi; estetik; metafysik; kunskapsteori; ideologi;

   Abstract : This work seeks to develop a Kantian ethical theory in terms of a general ontology of values and norms together with a metaphysics of the person that makes sense of this ontology. It takes as its starting point Kant’s assertion that a good will is the only thing that has an unconditioned value and his accompanying view that the highest good consists in virtue and happiness in proportion to virtue. READ MORE

5. 3. Human dignity and animal well-being : a Kantian contribution to biomedical ethics

   Author : Mats G. Hansson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi;

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6. 4. Genetic Information - Values and Rights. The morality of presymptomatic genetic testing

   Author : Niklas Juth; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; morality; biomedical ethics; genetic information; genetic testing; presymptomatic; values; rights; autonomy; well-being; justice; genetic counselling; Kantian ethics; authenticity; privacy; confidentiality; insurance;

   Abstract : The focal point of this dissertation is the question of the value of and right to genetic information from presymptomatic genetic testing that may reveal risk of disease. This question is discussed regarding first parties, that is, the person on whom the test is performed, second parties, that is, blood relatives’ of first parties, and third parties, such as insurance companies and employers. READ MORE

7. 5. On childhood and the good will : thoughts on ethics and early childhood education

   Author : Johan Dahlbeck; Malmö högskola; []
   Keywords : ethics; early childhood education; education for sustainable development; Kant; Deleuze; Nietzsche; affect; immanence; transcendence; paradigmatic examples;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to critically examine how ethical principles are conceptualized and applied in educational contexts, focusing on the intersection of early childhood education and education for sustainable development. Its contribution to educational research in general, and to philosophy of education in particular, is to; first, discuss the presumed relation between ethical principles and individual actions and events, and to illustrate how this connection frames the understanding and application of ethics in educational situations. READ MORE