Search for dissertations about: "moral status"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 51 swedish dissertations containing the words moral status.

2. 1. The moral status of nature : reasons to care for the natural world

   Author : Lars Samuelsson; Roger Fjellström; Johan Brännmark; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Environmental ethics; ecocentrism; reasons; reason for action; normative reason; moral status; moral standing; moral considerability; final value; intrinsic value; biocentrism; nature-considerism; nature; nature as a whole; the natural world; complexity; indispensability; interests; Practical philosophy; Praktisk filosofi;

   Abstract : The subject-matter of this essay is the moral status of nature. This subject is dealt with in terms of normative reasons. The main question is if there are direct normative reasons to care for nature in addition to the numerous indirect normative reasons that there are for doing so. READ MORE

4. 2. Nonhuman Moral Agency: A Practice-Focused Exploration of Moral Agency in Nonhuman Animals and Artificial Intelligence

   Author : Dorna Behdadi; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; moral agency; moral responsibility; artificial intelligence; nonhuman animal; moral psychology; practice-focused; blame; social norm; Strawson; participant stance; consciousness; moral status; moral patient; machine ethics; animal ethics;

   Abstract : Can nonhuman animals and artificial intelligence (AI) entities be attributed moral agency? The general assumption in the philosophical literature is that moral agency applies exclusively to humans since they alone possess free will or capacities required for deliberate reflection. Consequently, only humans have been taken to be eligible for ascriptions of moral responsibility in terms of, for instance, blame or praise, moral criticism, or attributions of vice and virtue. READ MORE

5. 3. Reflective Equilibrium : An Essay in Moral Epistemology

   Author : Folke Tersman; Lars Bergström; Wlodek Rabinowicz; Department of Philosophy Faculty of Humanities Stockholm University; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; coherence; Donald Davidson; epistemic justification; isolation argument; moral epistemology; moral knowledge; John Rawls; reflective equilibrium;

   Abstract : In recent literature conceming the possibility of moral knowledge, it has been popular to apply coherentist accounts of epistemic justification to moral beliefs. This strategy is commonly associated with the notion of "reflective equilibrium" since the introductionof this term by John Rawls. READ MORE

6. 4. Rowing social-ecological systems: morals, culture and resilience

   Author : Jacob von Heland; Carl Folke; Sverker Sörlin; Paul Sinclair; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; resilience; culture; moral; complex social-ecological systems; southern Madagascar; Planetary Boundaries; naturresurshushållning; Natural Resources Management;

   Abstract : The shift from management and governance of ecosystems to relational complex adaptive social-ecological systems (SES) emphasizes a dynamic and integrated humans-in-nature perspective. Such a shift also needs to investigate how diversity and differences in cultures and morals relate to the existence of SES. READ MORE

7. 5. Ethics Beyond Finitude : Responsibility towards Future Generations and Nuclear Waste Management

   Author : Lars Löfquist; Carl-Henric Grenholm; Robert Heeger; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Ethics; Future generations; Nuclear waste; Ethics; Applied ethics; Narrative theory; Self-transcendence; Moral status; Equal opportunities; Etik; Etik; Ethics;

   Abstract : This dissertation has three aims: 1. To evaluate several ethical theories about responsibility towards future generations. 2. To construct a theory about responsibility towards future generations. READ MORE