Search for dissertations about: "biologisk etik"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words biologisk etik.

  2. 1. Chosen Children? : An empirical study and a philosophical analysis of moral aspects of pre-implantation genetic diagnosis and germ-line gene therapy

    Author : Kristin Zeiler; Lennart Nordenfelt; Gunilla Tegern; Karin Sporre; Åge Wifstaad; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Empirical ethics; pre-implantation genetic diagnosis; germ-line gene therapy; qualitative research; philosophical analysis; medical progress; genetic disease; choice; auautonomous; ambivalence; trust; genetic identity; Genterapi; biologisk etik; medicinsk etik; preimplanatorisk genetisk diagnostik; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen;

    Abstract : With pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), genetic testing and selective transfer of embryos is possible. In the future, germ-line gene therapy (GLGT) applied to embryos before implantation, in order to introduce missing genes or replace mutant ones, may be possible. READ MORE

  4. 2. Encountering Depression In-Depth : An existential-phenomenological approach to selfhood, depression, and psychiatric practice

    Author : Patrick Seniuk; Fredrik Svenaeus; Rolf Ahlzén; Jonna Hjertström Lappalainen; Kevin Aho; Södertörns högskola; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Phenomenology; existential philosophy; psychiatric practice; Merleau-Ponty; selfhood; depression; Fenomenologi; existentiell filosofi; psykiatrisk praktik; Merleau- Ponty; självet; depression; Kritisk kulturteori; Critical and Cultural Theory;

    Abstract : This dissertation in Theory of Practical Knowledge contends that depression is a disorder of the self. Using the existential-phenomenology of Maurice Merleau-Ponty, I argue that if we want to disclose the basic structure of depressed experience, then we must likewise disclose how selfexperience is inseparable from depressed experience. READ MORE

  5. 3. 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