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Showing result 11 - 15 of 350 swedish dissertations containing the words ethics, research.

  2. 11. Justice and Politics : On the Depoliticization of Justice Claims in the Work of Truth Commissions

    Author : Alexandra Lebedeva; Helen Andersson; Elena Namli; Jaana Hallamaa; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Arendt; Derrida; depoliticization; Foucault; human rights; justice; Morocco’s Equity and Reconciliation Commission; restorative justice; Ricœur; testimony; transitional justice; truth; truth commissions; Etik; Ethics;

    Abstract : Truth commissions have become a widespread and normalized institutions for addressing past human rights violations. One of the central ideas behind the concept of truth commissions is that it is necessary to establish the truth about the past and allow victims to speak publicly about the violations to which they have been exposed. READ MORE

  4. 12. Perfection and Fiction : A study in Iris Murdoch's Moral Philosophy

    Author : Frits Gåvertsson; Praktisk filosofi; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Iris Murdoch; Perfectionism; Philosophy and Literature; Literary Turn; Moral Philosophy; Ethics;

    Abstract : This thesis comprises a study of the ethical thought of Iris Murdoch with special emphasis, as evidenced by the title, on how morality is intimately connected to self-improvement aiming at perfection and how the study of (literary) fiction has an important role to play in our strive towards bettering ourselves within the framework set by Murdoch’s moral philosophy.. READ MORE

  5. 13. In the name of research : Essays on the ethical treatment of human research subjects

    Author : Sara Belfrage; Sven Ove Hansson; John Cantwell; Matti Häyry; KTH; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Research ethics; informed consent; traffic research; exploitation; coercive offer; compensation; gift-giving; Filosofi; Philosophy;

    Abstract : Essay 1: Traffic research shares a fundamental dilemma with other areas of empirical research in which humans are potentially put at risk. Research is justified because it can improve safety in the long run. Nevertheless, people can be harmed in the research situation. READ MORE

  6. 14. Responsible Conduct in Dual Use Research : Towards an Ethic of Deliberation in the Life Sciences

    Author : Frida Kuhlau; Anna T Höglund; Stefan Eriksson; Kathinka Evers; Alexander Kelle; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; bioethics; biological warfare; biological weapons; biosecurity; communicative ethics; deliberative ethics; dual use; ethical competence; life science research; precautionary principle; responsible conduct; Bioetik; Bioethics;

    Abstract : Life scientists have increasingly been asked to incorporate a dual use responsibility in their research conduct. In this thesis, different aspects of what constitutes a reasonable responsibility in terms of avoiding harmful misuse of research for biological weapon purposes have been explored. READ MORE

  7. 15. ETHICS AND PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTIONS

    Author : Ingela Krantz; Medicinsk etik; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Herpes virus type 2; prostate cancer; measles; evidence-based medicine; casuistry; virtues; principlism; values; ethics; vaccination; Public health; screening; postpartum depression.;

    Abstract : Programmatic vaccination and screening are the reasons for this thesis. The practice of public health incorporating medicine’s cognitive contents along with contributions from other fields of human activities is basically a moral enterprise. READ MORE