Essays about: "Martha Nussbaum"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 33 essays containing the words Martha Nussbaum.
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16. Towards a Coherent Sustainability Ethics : A study on the meaning and moral underpinnings in Sustainability and their relation to consequential and deontological perspectives
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : The idea of writing this essay begun as an attempt to enter into the current discussion about the theory and ethics of sustainability. The essay aims to compare the meaning of sustainability with two ethical theories that are currently used in developmental and environmental issues, namely the theories of Martha Nussbaum and Peter Singer, and see how coherent these theories are with the concept of sustainability. READ MORE
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17. Can Gender Make a Difference? : A Minor Field Study on the Street-Connected Children in The Gambia.
University essay from Växjö universitet/Institutionen för samhällsvetenskapAbstract : Many studies have been carried out throughout the world on how street-connected children relate to the streets, but not enough of these studies are seen through a gender perspective. Hence, the general conception of street-connected children is in some manner still mainstreamed, which casts an image claiming all children in the same category. READ MORE
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18. Are You Afraid of The Dark? Addressing women’s fear of sexual violence as a Human Rights concern in Sweden
University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : This study is based on the statistical finding that every tenth women in Sweden refrains to go outside alone in their own residential area when it is dark because they are afraid (BRÅ 2015:88) and strives to discuss this problem further. The purpose of this study is to argue that there is a need to address women’s fear of sexual violence as a human rights concern in Sweden. READ MORE
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19. How We Tr(eat) Animals : A political analysis of the problems faced with implementing the capabilities approach
University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The purpose of this study is to display and analyse the barriers of problems that makes it hard to implement the capabilities approach created by Amartya Sen and further developed by Martha C. Nussbaum. The latter is used in this essay. With the help from normative analysis the three barriers and the solutions will be discussed. READ MORE
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20. Capabilities and Civil Disobedience : A comparative analysis of The Capability Approach
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakultetenAbstract : This essay investigates whether Amartya Sen’s or Martha Nussbaum’s version of the capability approach is better suited to justify civil disobedience. The theoretical framework of my study is critical discourse analysis. This aims to establish the most significant conditions for the justification of civil disobedience. READ MORE