Essays about: "Moral epistemology"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words Moral epistemology.
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1. Nietzsche, and the Significance of Historical Philosophizing : On the Use of History for Philosophical Matters
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Avdelningen för filosofi och tillämpad etikAbstract : This thesis explores Friedrich Nietzsche's use of history for philosophical purposes, focusing on two central themes in Nietzsche's writings: the genealogical methodology, and perspectival epistemology. My aim is to demonstrate how Nietzsche's concept of "historical philosophizing" is intricately connected to his moral philosophy. READ MORE
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2. A Defense of the Permissibility of Prejudice
University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudierAbstract : This paper argues for the counter intuitive notion that some prejudice is morally justified. The argument is divided up into three parts: (1) what prejudice is, (2) the role of epistemology and (3) the final moral argument. The first section initially establishes a working definition which allows prejudice to be justified epistemically. READ MORE
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3. RISK, RESPECT & UNSPEAKABLE ACTS : Untangling Intimate-Sexual Consent through 'Intuitive Inquiry' & 'Agential Realism'
University essay from Karlstads universitet/Centrum för genusforskning (from 2013)Abstract : In an attempt to address the issues in research and theory on consent, this thesis explores what consent can be seen as "doing" through an 'Intuitive Inquiry' (Anderson 2011a) and 'Agential Realism' (Barad 2007). Various manifestations of consent appears through: the experience of the researcher, consent research and theory, consent legislation, interviews with professionals in intimate-sexual consent, and, feminist fanzines. READ MORE
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4. Provisional Values
University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudierAbstract : This paper concerns the issue of ignorance about values, and how to best deal with it.I try to find out what we ought to do when we are ignorant of what it is valuable topromote. READ MORE
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5. Decolonizing Ecology: How Do Indigenous Knowledge and Decolonization Contrast and Challenge Eurocentric Conceptions of Ecological Moral Worth?
University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/ReligionsvetenskapAbstract : In a world on the brink of climate apocalypse the question if modern conceptions on the moral worth of nature are failing is no longer rhetorical. During this time of reckoning questioning core ideologies and the places where they originate from is necessary. READ MORE