Search for dissertations about: "Frans Svensson"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words Frans Svensson.

2. 1. Some Basic Issues in Neo-Aristotelian Virtue Ethics

   Author : Frans Svensson; Sven Danielsson; Erik Carlson; Julia Annas; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Philosophy; Aristotle; elitism; expressivism; neo-Aristotelian naturalism; right action; virtue ethics VE ; Filosofi; Practical Philosophy; praktisk filosofi;

   Abstract : During the last three or four decades, a number of moral philosophers have moved in the direction of virtue ethics (VE). In this essay we begin by providing an outline of the main features of VE. It is argued that the basic normative requirement of VE is to aspire towards developing a morally virtuous character. READ MORE

4. 2. 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

5. 3. Erôs and Education : Socratic Seduction in Three Platonic Dialogues

   Author : Hege Dypedokk Johnsen; Frans Svensson; Øyvind Rabbås; Jonas Olson; Jill P. Gordon; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Alcibiades; Charmides; desire; education; erôs; erotic expertise; learning; love; Lysis; matchmaking; midwifery; philia; Plato; self-cultivation; self-knowledge; Socrates; Socratic seduction; sôphrosunê; praktisk filosofi; Practical Philosophy;

   Abstract : Plato’s Socrates is famous for claiming that “I know one thing: That I know nothing” (see e.g. Ap. 21d and Meno 81d). READ MORE

6. 4. The Structure of the Virtues : A Study of Thomas Aquinas’s and Godfrey of Fontaines's Accounts of Moral Goodness

   Author : Alexander Stöpfgeshoff; Tomas Ekenberg; Frans Svensson; Bonnie Kent; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Thomas Aquinas; Godfrey of Fontaines; virtue; character virtue; prudence; moral goodness; medieval philosophy; medieval ethics; connection of the virtues; unity; dependence; gender; particularism; Summa Theologiae; Aristotle; Philosophy; with specialization in history of philosophy; Filosofi med filosofihistorisk inriktning;

   Abstract : This dissertation is a study of Thomas Aquinas’s (1225–1274) and Godfrey of Fontaines’s (d. 1306) moral philosophies. In this study, I conduct a detailed analysis of two Aristotelian commitments concerning the character virtues, namely, The Plurality of the Character Virtues and The Connection of the Character Virtues. READ MORE

7. 5. Latin Letters from Clergymen in the Province of Scania (Eastern Denmark - Southern Sweden) in the Seventeenth Century : A Critical Edition with Introduction, Translation and Commentaries

   Author : Johanna Svensson; Latin; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Neo-Latin; Latin letters; Latin epistolography; Lutheran confessional culture; clerical identity; Lutheran clergymen; North-Western Scania; Barkåkra; clerical networks; the pastor s communion; testimonials; churchings; the Treaty of Roskilde;

   Abstract : This doctoral thesis comprises a critical edition of a previously unpublished manuscript from the late seventeenth century, which is housed in Lund University Library. The manuscript consists of copies of eighty-eight letters and other documents in Latin. READ MORE