Search for dissertations about: "normative reason"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 39 swedish dissertations containing the words normative reason.

  2. 16. The imagined environmental citizen : exploring the state - individual relationship in Swedish environmental policy

    Author : Simon Matti; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political Science; Statsvetenskap;

    Abstract : As environmental problems today are understood as being problems of collective action, they also depend on the broad engagement of individual citizens for their successful solution. Institutions directed towards resolving the environmental situation need, accordingly, to be perceived by the citizenry as promoting acceptable goals, for acceptable reasons and by the use of acceptable means. READ MORE

  4. 17. Reasoning by Analogy - A Study on Analogy-Based Arguments in Law

    Author : David Reidhav; Juridiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Reasoning by analogy; legal argumentation; legal methodology; formal justice; stare decisis; precedent; analogy; proportional analogy; similarity; dimensional property; comparative similarity; arguments from analogy; closure rule; jurisprudence; allmän rättslära;

    Abstract : This doctoral dissertation is a study on analogy-based arguments in law. Its overarching aim is to clarify reasoning by analogy in law. A model is proposed for analyzing and assessing arguments from analogy in law. READ MORE

  5. 18. Outcome after surgery for isthmic spondylolisthesis and degenerative disc disease

    Author : Peter Endler; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Individuals with isthmic spondylolisthesis and lumbar degenerative disc disease may have low back and leg pain. Those with persistent symptoms non-responsive to conservative treatment are sometimes treated surgically. Various surgical methods have been introduced, but long-term outcome comparisons are scarce. READ MORE

  6. 19. Students’ Perspectives on Bullying

    Author : Camilla Forsberg; Robert Thornberg; Marcus Samuelsson; Gunnel Colnerud; Christina Osbeck; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; bullying; students’ perspectives; interviews; bystander reactions; grounded theory; symbolic interactionism; mobbning; elevers perspektiv; intervju; grundad teori; symbolisk interaktionism;

    Abstract : The aim of the present thesis was to listen to, examine and conceptualise students’ perspectives on bullying. Students’ perspectives have not been commonly heard in research and less qualitative research has been conducted. READ MORE

  7. 20. Autonomy and decision-making capacity : studies on the ethics of self-determination in healthcare

    Author : Manne Sjöstrand; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : The thesis discusses the concepts of autonomy and decision-making capacity and their normative relevance in healthcare. It is based on five studies. The first study discusses autonomy and the ethics of compulsory treatment in psychiatry. Different lines of reasoning regarding the justification of compulsory treatment are discussed. READ MORE