Search for dissertations about: "demandingness"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the word demandingness.

2. 1. The Ethics of Investing. Making Money or Making a Difference?

   Author : Joakim Sandberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ethical investment; ethical investing; socially responsible investment; socially responsible investing; ethical funds; screening; shareholder activism; sin stocks; active shareholding; corporate governance; responsible ownership; relationship investing; philanthropy; speculation; the stock market; annual general meeting; investor influence; consistency; conscientiousness; collective responsibility; generalisation test; pragmatism; consequentialism; demandingness; applied ethics; ethics; moral philosophy;

   Abstract : The concepts of ‘ethical’ and ‘socially responsible’ investment (SRI) have become increasingly popular in recent years and funds which offer this kind of investment have attracted many individual investors. The present book addresses the issue of ‘How ought one to invest?’ by critically engaging with the ideas of the proponents of this movement about what makes ‘ethical’ investing ethical. READ MORE

4. 2. Antibiotic Resistance: A Multimethod Investigation of Individual Responsibility and Behaviour

   Author : Mirko Ancillotti; Stefan Eriksson; Jessica Nihlén Fahlquist; Dan I. Andersson; Alberto Giubilini; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Antibiotic resistance; Behavior; Health Behavior; Health Belief Model; Discrete Choice Experiment; Preferences; Bioethics; Empirical bioethics; Moral responsibility; Justice; Policy demandingness; Virtue ethics; Bioetik; Bioethics;

   Abstract : The rapid development of antibiotic resistance is directly related to how antibiotics are used in society. The international effort to decrease and optimise the use of antibiotics should be sustained by the development of policies that are sensitive to social and cultural contexts. READ MORE

5. 3. Responsibility and Ambivalence

   Author : Alexander Velichkov; Praktisk filosofi; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; moral luck; responsibility; ambivalence; free will; guilt; regret; psychopathy;

   Abstract : I use the concept of ambivalence—the state of being faced with a choice that cannot be resolved without sacrificing something of value—to approach five contemporary debates in the philosophy of moral responsibility: (1) psychopathy, (2) free will, (3) the emotion of guilt, (4) regret and indirect moral luck, and (5) moral demandingness. Rather than arguing for one theory or another, acknowledging ambivalence paves the way for resolving these debates by reconciling the opposing sides. READ MORE

6. 4. Art of the Possible? : Feasibility and Compliance in Ideal and Nonideal Theory

   Author : Naima Chahboun; Ludvig Beckman; Alexandra Segerberg; Eva Erman; Anca Gheaus; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Ideal theory; nonideal theory; feasibility; compliance; justice; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

   Abstract : In the past decade, the value of so-called ideal theory has become a major point of dispute among political theorists. While critics of ideal theory accuse this approach of “idle utopianism”, its advocates fault the critics for conceding to “cynical realism”.This dissertation examines two charges against ideal theory. READ MORE