Essays about: "Dygd"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the word Dygd.

  1. 1. Reliability Assessment of Passive ICS in an SMR as part of the PSA Analysis

    University essay from KTH/Fysik

    Author : Graeme Trundle; [2023]
    Keywords : Passive system reliability; Probabilistic safety assessment; Reliability Methods of Passive Systems; Natural circulation; TRACE; RiskSpectrum; Passiv systemtillförlitlighet; Probabilistisk säkerhetsbedömning; Reliability Methods of Passive Systems; Naturlig cirkulation; TRACE; RiskSpectrum;

    Abstract : Passive safety systems are increasingly being utilized in prospective nuclear power plant designs. Indeed, the use of safety systems driven by natural phenomena might be seen as an unmitigated virtue. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Core-based Worldview model

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Edwin Oldfield; [2019]
    Keywords : Worldview; ethics; model; worldview-model; worldview model; worldview; method of worldviews; Religion; Christianity; Hinduism; Islam; Philosophy; Kierkegaard; Nietzsche; Philosophy of Religion; Edwin; Oldfield; Worldview differentiation; Purusartha; Belief; Representationism; Interpretationism; Dispositonalism; Virtue; Världsbild; Livsåskådning; Tros- och livsåskådningsvetenskap; Religionsfilosofi; etik; filosofi; Edwin; Oldfield; Kierkegaard; Nietzsche; Purusartha; Världsbildsdifferentiering; Tro; Representationism; Interpretationism; Dispositionalism; Dygd;

    Abstract : This essay starts at the proposition that there is not yet a satisfying way to differentiate between different worldviews. Although many attempts have been made, they fail in ways that are difficult to pinpoint. READ MORE

  4. 3. Social Media and the Virtues : Could social media be an obstacle to an individual’s ultimate happiness?

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

    Author : Emma Rosén; [2019]
    Keywords : Aristotle; Social Media; Happiness; Eudaimonia; Wellbeing; Ethics; Nicomachean Ethics; Virtues; Virtue Ethics; Aristoteles; Sociala Media; Lycka; Välmående; Etik; Dygdetik;

    Abstract : The work is a theory application thesis specifically applying Aristotle’s virtue ethicsto evaluate and discuss the potential implications that social media pose on the individual’s potential to achieve happiness as it is understood through the virtue ethics. It includes a close discussion of the virtues temperance and friendship, as well as empirical studies on the subjectand critical discussion incorporating the Aristotelian theory. READ MORE

  5. 4. Bedövningsmetoder vid grisslakt : en etisk jämförelse mellan koldioxid och skjutning på gård

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

    Author : Jeremy Rocchio; [2018]
    Keywords : bedövning; slakt; gris; koldioxid; skjutning; etik;

    Abstract : Slaktgrisar måste bedövas innan avblodning i Sverige och koldioxidbedövning är den vanlig-aste metoden. Syftet med den här litteraturstudien är att jämföra två diametralt olika bedöv-ningsmetoder, skjutning på gård och koldioxidbedövning, från två normativa etiska teorier, nyttoetik och dygdetik. READ MORE

  6. 5. Cyborg athletes : A European history of gender, technology and virtue in sports

    University essay from Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation; Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Michael Torsson; [2013]
    Keywords : cyborg; sport; gender; athlete; athletics; philosophy; feminism; cyborg; sport; idrott; filosofi; atlet; atletitism; idrottsfilosofi; feminism; genus; kön;

    Abstract : This essay takes its start in a discussion on gender, sports and cyborgs by Swedish philosopher Kutte Jönsson in his book Idrottsfilosofiska introduktioner. I argue that he is wrong in arguing for agnosticism as to what sport is. Instead I give an historic account of what sport is and what values is inherent in our modern conception of sport. READ MORE