Search for dissertations about: "Impartiality"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 swedish dissertations containing the word Impartiality.

  2. 1. Judging in the Public Realm : A Kantian Approach to the Deliberative Concept of Ethico-Political Judgment and an Inquiry into Public Discourse on Prenatal Diagnosis

    Author : Cornelis Dekker; Anders Nordgren; Marcus Düwell; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : Formation of judgment; faculty of judgment; ethics; politics; normative reasons; deliberative practice; impartiality; public sphere; public discourse; public deliberation; prenatal diagnosis; prenatal screening; Kant; Arendt; Habermas; Engelhardt; Sweden; the Netherlands; Bedömning; omdömesförmåga; etik; politik; normativa skäl; deliberation; opartiskhet; offentlig sfär; offentlig samtal; fosterdiagnostik; Kant; Arendt; Habermas; Engelhardt; Sverige; Nederländerna; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

    Abstract : This thesis discusses how to enhance the public discussion of moral and political questions. Enhancing public ‘deliberation’ is desirable since it provides citizens with influence, it enables coming to an understanding, and it ensures legitimacy. READ MORE

  4. 2. On the possibility of limited weighing of lives

    Author : Daniel Ramöller; Gustaf Arrhenius; Krister Bykvist; Hilary Greaves; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Aggregation; Axiology; Deontic Morality; Distribution; Ethics; Impartiality; Morality; Social Choice; Trade-offs; Values; Welfare; praktisk filosofi; Practical Philosophy;

    Abstract : This thesis discusses the possibility of limited moral trade-offs between different people’s welfare. In chapter 2, I introduce the two central limited trade-off conditions. First, according to minimal infinite superiority, significantly benefiting one person matters more than slightly benefiting each of any number of better-off people. READ MORE

  5. 3. Themis v. Xiezhi: Assessing Judicial Independence in the People's Republic of China under International Human Rights Law

    Author : Jonas Grimheden; Raoul Wallenberg institutet för mänskliga rättigheter och humanitär rätt; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; China; judicial jndependence; international law; comparative law; independence of the judiciary; mänskliga rättigheter; human rights; Chinese law; law; judicial Reform; komparativ rätt;

    Abstract : The first of three parts in this study elaborates on international human rights law and drawing on the most essential international instruments and jurisprudence, the criteria constituting judicial independence are distilled as a framework for assessment. The point of departure is that judicial independence is a necessary guarantee for the enjoyment of human rights rather than a privilege of judges. READ MORE

  6. 4. Morality and the Pursuit of Happiness : A Study in Kantian Ethics

    Author : Johan Brännmark; Praktisk filosofi; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Systematic philosophy; Henry Sidgwick; G. E. Moore; wide reflective equilibrium; metaphysics of the person; Ethics; value; moral realism; social constructivism; philosophy of action; theories of motivation; the dualism of practical reason; the highest good; happiness; virtue; the categorical imperative; maxims; moral principles; Immanuel Kant; moral judgment; aesthetics; metaphysics; epistemology; ideology; Praktisk filosofi; estetik; metafysik; kunskapsteori; ideologi;

    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

  7. 5. Emotions in Legal Decisions : The Construction of Objective Narratives in Italian Criminal Trials

    Author : Alessandra Minissale; Stina Bergman Blix; Clara Iversen; Elena Zucconi Galli Fonseca; Meredith Rossner; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Emotions; Legal Decision-Making; Legal Narratives; Criminal Trials; Sociologi; Sociology;

    Abstract : Drawing on ethnographic data collected in Italian courts and prosecution offices, this dissertation offers new perspectives on legal decision-making by highlighting the importance of emotions for constructing and evaluating legal narratives. Focusing on criminal cases, it describes and dissects how judges and prosecutors use emotions in reflection and action tied to lay narratives and legal constraints. READ MORE