Search for dissertations about: "moral judgments"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 swedish dissertations containing the words moral judgments.

2. 1. Mistaken morality? : an essay on moral error theory

   Author : Emma Beckman; Gunnar Björnsson; Bart Streumer; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; moral error theory; Mackie; Joyce; Olson; normative institution; fictionalism; normative error theory; epistemic error theory; irreducible normativity; abolitionism; conservationism; propagandism;

   Abstract : This dissertation explores arguments and questions related to moral error theory – the idea that morality inevitably involves a fundamental and serious error such that moral judgments and statements never come out true. It is suggested that the truth of error theory remains a non-negligible possibility, and that we for this reason should take a version of moral fictionalism seriously. READ MORE

4. 2. Communities of Judgment : Towards a Teleosemantic Theory of Moral Thought and Discourse

   Author : Karl Bergman; Sharon Rider; Andrew Reisner; Marc Artiga; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ruth Millikan; teleosemantics; biosemantics; content; descriptive content; meta-semantics; meta-ethics; cognitivism; non-cognitivism; moral objectivity; moral relativism; moral disagreement; moral psychology; evolution of morality; Filosofi; Philosophy;

   Abstract : This thesis offers a teleosemantic account of moral discourse and judgment. It develops a number of views about the function and content of moral judgments and the nature of moral discourse based on Ruth Millikan’s theory of intentional content and the functions of intentional attitudes. READ MORE

5. 3. Moral Lessons from Psychology : Contemporary Themes in Psychological Research and their Relevance for Ethical Theory

   Author : Henrik Ahlenius; Jonas Olson; Frans Svensson; Antti Kauppinen; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; consequentialism; deontology; emotion; ethics; evolution; innate; moral judgment; moral philosophy; psychology; utilitarianism; virtue; praktisk filosofi; Practical Philosophy;

   Abstract : The thesis investigates the implications for moral philosophy of research in psychology. In addition to an introduction and concluding remarks, the thesis consists of four chapters, each exploring various more specific challenges or inputs to moral philosophy from cognitive, social, personality, developmental, and evolutionary psychology. READ MORE

6. 4. Moral Disagreement and the Significance of Higher-Order Evidence

   Author : Marco Tiozzo; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Moral Disagreement; Higher-Order Evidence; Moral Skepticism; Peer Disagreement; Faultless Disagreement; Moral Intransigence; Epistemic Rationality;

   Abstract : Recent years have seen an increasing interest in the philosophy of disagreement, especially in epistemology where there is an intense debate over the epistemic significance of disagreement and higher-order evidence more generally. Considerations about disagreement also play an important role in metaethics – most prominently in various arguments that purport to establish moral skepticism. READ MORE

7. 5. Temporal Distance and Morality : Moral Concerns Loom Larger in the Distant Future

   Author : Jens Agerström; Institutionen för psykologi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; moral concerns; morality; moral judgment; Construal Level Theory; temporal distance; moral reasoning;

   Abstract : The aim of this dissertation was to examine whether the temporal distance of moral events affects the moral judgments and decisions people make in response to those events. Drawing upon Construal Level Theory (CLT; Trope & Liberman, 2003) which posits that the distant future is represented at a higher, more abstract level of mental construal than the near future, and that high-level mental construals shift attention to core values and higher-order principles, the main proposition of this dissertation was that people would show greater moral concerns in response to distant future events than near future events. READ MORE