Search for dissertations about: "MacIntyre"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the word MacIntyre.

2. 1. Rationality and Cultural Understanding

   Author : Tove Österman; Sören Stenlund; Pär Segerdahl; David Cockburn; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; rationality; relativism; logic; understanding; morality; truth; culture; context; Davidson; MacIntyre; Winch.; Theoretical philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi;

   Abstract : In this dissertation I criticize a common conception of rationality prevalent in analytic philosophy. Rationality is here often seen as a purely cognitive, inner phenomenon which is static and universal, detached from any moral or cultural aspects of human life. READ MORE

4. 2. The Vicissitudes of Corruption : Degeneration - transgression - jouissance

   Author : Thomas Taro Lennerfors; Claes Gustafsson; Thomas Polesie; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Industrial organisation; administration and economics; Industriell organisation; administration och ekonomi;

   Abstract : In a time when corruption is receiving increasing media coverage and when many claim to wage a war on corruption, this book brings up the need for a problematisation and an increased understanding of the different manifestations – the vicissitudes – of corruption and also what measures are taken against it. The book advances the claim that corruption is tightly related to modernity and particularly to a transgression of the public / private dichotomy. READ MORE

5. 3. Reflective assent in basic care : A study in nursing ethics

   Author : Kersti Malmsten; Göran Lantz; Steven Edwards; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; Nursing Ethics; Communicative Ethics; Feminist Ethics; Virtue Ethics; BasicCare; Consent; Reflective Assent; Bodily Knowledge; Power; Vulnerability; Embodiment; Sensuality; Reciprocity; Interdependent Autonomy; Consolation; Human Dignity; Empowerment; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; etik; Ethics; Ethics;

   Abstract : This study discusses nursing ethics in relation to basic care. The practice of basic care andrelated knowledge are often understood as tacit knowledge, a kind of familiarity-knowledgethat often has been neglected by philosophical scrutiny. READ MORE

6. 4. A postmodern saint? - on motives for voluntarism

   Author : Ulla Habermann; Socialhögskolan; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; integration and sustainability.; identity; female care; narratives; altruism; Voluntarism; motives; Sociology; Social changes; theory of social work; teorier om socialt arbete; Sociala förändringar; Sociologi; altruism;

   Abstract : The theme of this thesis is motives for voluntarism - with particular focus on volunteering in social work compared to voluntary work in sports clubs and patient associations. It is based on a combination of different data sources and methodological approaches: surveys, analyses of letters from volunteers and literature studies. READ MORE