Search for dissertations about: "moral decision-making"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 42 swedish dissertations containing the words moral decision-making.
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6. The Substituted Judgment Standard. Studies on the Ethics of Surrogate Decision Making
Abstract : Patients who are incompetent need a surrogate decision maker to make treatment decisons on their behalf. One of the main ethical questions that arise in this context is what standard ought to govern such decision making. READ MORE
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7. Picturing the Public : Advertising Self-Regulation in Sweden and the UK
Abstract : Across the globe, people are everyday audiences of advertising images, which have become integrated in our life worlds. Advertising images are entangled with interesting moral conflicts. READ MORE
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8. The moral status of nature : reasons to care for the natural world
Abstract : The subject-matter of this essay is the moral status of nature. This subject is dealt with in terms of normative reasons. The main question is if there are direct normative reasons to care for nature in addition to the numerous indirect normative reasons that there are for doing so. READ MORE
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9. Deciding Fast and Slow : How Intuitive and Reflective Thinking Influence Decision Making
Abstract : Paper I “Intuition and cooperation reconsidered”: Does intuition make people more cooperative? Rand et al. (Rand, Greene, & Nowak, 2012) reported increased cooperation in social dilemmas after forcing individuals to decide quickly. READ MORE
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10. Plato's Republic on Democracy : Freedom, Fear and Tyrants Everywhere
Abstract : This thesis poses the question ‘What is the critique of democracy in Plato’s Republic?’ It is not the first to do so. But contrary to standard readings, this thesis does not assume neither epistemological nor elitist explanations. Rather, it sees the Kallipolis, ‘the beautiful city in words’ as predicated on a particular anthropology. READ MORE