Search for dissertations about: "moral responsibility"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 73 swedish dissertations containing the words moral responsibility.

2. 16. Autonomous Systems in Society and War : Philosophical Inquiries

   Author : Linda Johansson; Sven Ove Hansson; Philip Brey; KTH; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; UAVs; drones; military robots; laws of war; justification for killing; ethics of care; care robots; functional morality; moral responsibility; Moral Turing Test; robot morality; artificial agent; artificial agency; autonomy; norms; disruptive technology; co-evolution; scenarios; autonomous systems; security; decision guidance; technology assessment;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis is to look at some philosophical issues surrounding autonomous systems in society and war. These issues can be divided into three main categories. The first, discussed in papers I and II, concerns ethical issues surrounding the use of autonomous systems – where the focus in this thesis is on military robots. READ MORE

4. 17. The Burden of Responsibility : Predicaments of Environmental Life in the Caraballo Mountains, Northern Philippines

   Author : Macario Lacbawan; Don Kulick; Claudia Merli; Deborah Gewertz; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Indigeneity; Indigenous People; Environment; Conservation; Legal Recognition; Swidden Agriculture; Ikalahan People; Philippines; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology;

   Abstract : Indigenous people are not obviously, or naturally, stewards of the environment. But when the idea that they are such custodians gains legal traction, and when indigenous land-use practices are codified to reflect environmental principles, they become a burden of responsibility that has significant consequences for the lives and the livelihoods of indigenous communities. READ MORE

5. 18. Ruptured narratives : An analysis of the contradictions within young people's responses to issues of personal responsibility and social violence within an educational context

   Author : Silvia Edling; Carl Anders Säfström; Sharon Todd; Caroline Liberg; Lynda Stone; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Young people youth ; social violence; oppression; difference; justice; injustice; moral responsibility; culture; ruptured narratives; subject-in-process; politics; democracy; education; curriculum theory; Education; Pedagogik; Curriculum Studies;

   Abstract : This thesis addresses the problems of social violence which are based on stereotyped prejudices, and directed towards people who differ from the norm, and asks how education aiming at counteracting social violence can be understood. Within education, the aspiration to contest social violence is generally motivated by a democratic framework stressing distributive justice and everyone’s equal value. READ MORE

6. 19. Ethics Beyond Finitude : Responsibility towards Future Generations and Nuclear Waste Management

   Author : Lars Löfquist; Carl-Henric Grenholm; Robert Heeger; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Ethics; Future generations; Nuclear waste; Ethics; Applied ethics; Narrative theory; Self-transcendence; Moral status; Equal opportunities; Etik; Etik; Ethics;

   Abstract : This dissertation has three aims: 1. To evaluate several ethical theories about responsibility towards future generations. 2. To construct a theory about responsibility towards future generations. READ MORE

7. 20. Doctor's experiences of work related moral problems : responsibility without clear boundaries

   Author : Reet Arnman; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Morality; doctors work related moral problems; responsibility; social constructionism; social life-world; fact values; standard; context;

   Abstract : For as far back as the history of the medical profession can be traced, it has been assumed that doctors learn professional moral knowledge together with medical knowledge. From the sixties, internal professional morality has publicly changed to external morality, described with vocabulary and concepts, connected to philosophical branches. READ MORE