Search for dissertations about: "Agape"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the word Agape.

  1. 1. Patterns of Care : Relating Altruism in Sociobiology and the Christian Tradition of Agape

    Author : Eva-Lotta Grantén; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; kunskapsteori; metafysik; estetik; Praktisk filosofi; ideology; epistemology; Sociobiology; Agape; Altruism; Science and Religion; Independence; Conflict; Integration; Care; Systematic philosophy; ethics; metaphysics; aesthetics; ideologi; General; systematic and practical Christian theology; Kristen teologi allmän; systematisk och praktisk ;

    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

  2. 2. Rethinking solidarity in European asylum law : A critical reading of the key concept in contemporary refugee policy

    Author : Eleni Karageorgiou; Juridiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Solidarity; Friendship; French solidarism; Article 80 TFEU; Common European Asylum System; Dublin Regulation; responsibility sharing; Syrian Refugees; Refugee crisis; EU-law; Public international law; EU-rätt; Folkrätt;

    Abstract : It is easy to get carried away with the rhetoric of solidarity. Rethinking solidarity aims to problematize the way that solidarity has been conceptualized and applied as a governing principle of EU asylum law and policy, in particular as a response to the 2015–2016 ‘refugee crisis’. READ MORE