Essays about: "republican freedom"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words republican freedom.
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1. Can AI Respect Patient Autonomy?
University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudierAbstract : AI is entering clinical care and the healthcare sector in a big way, at the same time, a growing number of scholars are concerned that this technology cannot adhere to current bioethical principles. In particular, there are increasing concerns that AI poses a threat to the autonomy of patients by being irreconcilable with the practice of informed consent. READ MORE
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2. Neo-republicanism as a framework for a political theory of animal protection - An evaluation of Philip Pettit’s neo-republican theory of freedom and its potential for extending justice to non-human animals
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Non-human animals are often excluded from contemporary political theories, much to their detriment in terms of welfare and protection. The ‘political turn’ is a subset of animal ethicists concerned with moving beyond motivating moral status and instead discussing the politics of a shared human-animal society. READ MORE
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3. On Nondomination : A comparative study on the distinctiveness and the preferability of freedom as nondomination vis-à-vis freedom as noninterference
University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudierAbstract : The recent years have seen the revival of neo-Roman republicanism through the works of Philip Pettit, who has replaced Isaiah Berlin’s taxonomy of positive/negative liberty with freedom as nondomination. This essay compares the neo-Roman conception of nondomination to the liberal conception of noninterference, with the purpose of clarifying whether nondomination is a distinct concept of liberty and preferable to that of noninterference. READ MORE
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4. Seeking Justice: The subjugation of nature and women as seen through the struggles for environmental justice and reproductive justice in the U.S., 1970-present
University essay from Lunds universitet/HumanekologiAbstract : This thesis aims to gain a better understanding of the modern subjugation of nature and women in the United States, by looking at the recent history of the Environmental Justice Movement (nature) and Reproductive Justice Movement (women). Through examining the history of these movements and relevant politics from 1970 to present day, events can be analyzed to shed light on the current political situation in the U. READ MORE
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5. Four More Years? The effect of economic reforms on re-election probability in gubernatorial elections 1985-2010
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : Economic literature offers several theories of resistance towards reforms among politicians. Yet, recent empirical cross-country studies suggest that voters reward governments pursuing structural reforms. This paper tests this hypothesis on gubernatorial elections in the U.S. READ MORE
