Essays about: "Politisk filosofi"

Found 4 essays containing the words Politisk filosofi.

  1. 1. A Right to Free Hatred?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Filosofiska institutionen

    Author : Johan Apelgren; [2020]
    Keywords : free speech; hate speech; legitimacy; political legitimacy; political philosophy; philosophy; ronald dworkin; dworkin; jeremy waldron; waldron; yttrandefrihet; politisk filosofi; praktisk filosofi; filosofi; politisk legitimitet; ronald dworkin;

    Abstract : This paper examines Jeremy Waldron's critique of Ronald Dworkin's argument that legislating against hate speech undermines the democratic legitimacy of the state. This argument, hereafter the legitimacy argument, was criticized by Jeremy Waldron in his book The Harm in Hate Speech. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Shortcomings in John Rawls's ´The Law of Peoples´ : An Evaluation of the Theory based on the Syrian Civil War

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Author : Emma Sjöblom; [2016]
    Keywords : Political philosophy; John Rawls; The Law of Peoples; Syria; Civil War; Liberalism; Intervention; Liberal Intervention; International Relations; Politisk filosofi; Syrien; Inbördeskrig; Internationella relationer;

    Abstract : This essay presents and discusses John Rawls’s ‘The Law of Peoples’ and it’s ability to be used in practice. The theory’s ability to judge right and wrongful actions in liberal intervention is tested when applied to the current conflict in Syria, and is used to evaluate the actions made by the liberal state France, during its involvement in the crisis. READ MORE

  4. 3. Establishing Conformity : Globalization Perspectives of Four Nordic Countries

    University essay from Fakulteten för samhälls- och livsvetenskaper

    Author : Andreas Öjehag-Pettersson; [2009]
    Keywords : Globalization; Political Philosophy; Textual Analysis and Nordic Politics; Globalisering; Politisk Filosofi; Textanalys; Nordisk politik;

    Abstract : By first arguing for the fact that globalization is a concept under contest within the social sciences this thesis develops a tool to classify perspectives of globalization. This tool is then applied to textual documents that represents the so called globalization councils (or initiatives) of Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway. READ MORE

  5. 4. Gloarchy : Polyarchy in the Age of Globalization

    University essay from Fakulteten för samhälls- och livsvetenskaper; Institutionen för samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Andreas Öjehag Pettersson; [2008]
    Keywords : Democracy; Globalization; Polyarchy; World-System Theory; Neo-liberalism and Political Philosophy; Demokrati; Globalisering; Polyarki; Världssystem Teori; Nyliberalism och Politisk Filosofi;

    Abstract : This thesis tries to evaluate the very large question of how globalization can be said to have an effect on democracy by reducing both concepts to a more usable format. In doing so it tries to evaluate how a special theory of democracy put forward by Robert Dahl in 1971 – polyarchy – could be said to be affected by the workings of contemporary globalization. READ MORE