Search for dissertations about: "Self-regarding"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the word Self-regarding.

2. 1. Anti-paternalism

   Author : Kalle Grill; Sven Ove Hansson; Torbjörn Tännsjö; KTH; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; paternalism; anti-paternalism; private sphere; self-regarding; harm principle; interference; reasons; actions; reason-actions; epistemic paternalism; public health; withholding of information; uncertain information; MCS multiple chemical sensitivity .; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen;

   Abstract : This is a thesis about anti-paternalism – the liberal doctrine that we may not interfere with a person’s liberty for her own good. Empirical circumstances and moral values may certainly give us reason to avoid benevolent interference. Anti-paternalism as a normative doctrine should, however, be rejected. READ MORE

4. 2. Anti-paternalism and Public Health Policy

   Author : Kalle Grill; Sven Ove Hansson; Martin Peterson; David Archard; KTH; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Alcohol Interlocks; Altruism; Anti-paternalism; Epistemic paternalism; Group consent; Harm principle; Interference; Invalidation of reasons; Liberalism; Limiting liberty; Private sphere; Product safety regulation; Public health policy; Reason-actions; Self-regarding; Social responsibility; Uncertain information; Withholding of information.; Practical philosophy; Praktisk filosofi;

   Abstract : This thesis is an attempt to constructively interpret and critically evaluate the liberal doctrine that we may not limit a person’s liberty for her own good, and to discuss its implications and alternatives in some concrete areas of public health policy. The thesis starts theoretical and goes ever more practical. READ MORE

5. 3. Virtue Ethics, Bioethics, and the Ownership of Biological Material

   Author : Barbro Björkman; Sven Ove Hansson; Brad Hooker; KTH; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Biological material; ownership; rights; organ; donation; property; commodification; kidney; virtue ethics; natural rights; transplantation; transplant; social organisation; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis is to show how some ideas in Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics can be interpreted and used as a productive way to approach a number of pressing issues in bioethics. Articles I-II introduce, and endorse, a social constructivist perspective on rights (as opposed to the more traditional natural rights idea). READ MORE

6. 4. National Courts as Gatekeepers in European Integration : Examining the Choices National Courts Make in the Preliminary Ruling Procedure

   Author : Karin Leijon; Christer Karlsson; Li Bennich-Björkman; Katrin Uba; Daniel Naurin; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; European integration; National courts; Court of Justice of the European Union; Statskunskap; Political Science;

   Abstract : The national courts’ placement in the intersection between the EU and member state legal systems makes them important gatekeepers in the process of European legal integration. In the scholarly debate, national courts are characterized as either supporters of legal integration or as defenders of national sovereignty. READ MORE