Search for dissertations about: "metafysik"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 swedish dissertations containing the word metafysik.
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1. The Substituted Judgment Standard. Studies on the Ethics of Surrogate Decision Making
Abstract : Patients who are incompetent need a surrogate decision maker to make treatment decisons on their behalf. One of the main ethical questions that arise in this context is what standard ought to govern such decision making. READ MORE
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2. Morality and the Pursuit of Happiness : A Study in Kantian Ethics
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
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3. Patterns of Care : Relating Altruism in Sociobiology and the Christian Tradition of Agape
Abstract : The purpose of this study is to relate sociobiological theories of altruism to theories within the Christian tradition of agape. Firstly, it discusses the relation between scientific, ethical and theological understandings of altruism, and argues that it is possible to compare discussions of benevolent acts towards others or other-directedness. READ MORE
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4. Voluntary Coercion. Collective Action and the Social Contract
Abstract : This work provides a game theoretical analysis of the classical idea of a social contract. According to what we might call the Hobbesian justification of the state, coercion is necessary in order to provide people with basic security and to enable them to successfully engage in mutually beneficial cooperation. READ MORE
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5. When birth turns to loss and grief - experiences, views and care in neonatal end-of-life practice
Abstract : The aim was to describe the neonatal end-of-life practice and illuminate Swedish women's lived experiences of the threat and the reality of their neonate's dying and death as well as the care received. A further aim was to explore Muslim women's view of current Swedish neonatal-end-of-life care. READ MORE