Essays about: "Moral motivation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 26 essays containing the words Moral motivation.

  1. 1. Bildung in the language classroom. Reading literature to stimulate young people's desire to learn English

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Lärarutbildningsnämnden

    Author : Thomas Mellen; [2023-08-01]
    Keywords : reading; literature; bildung; didaktik; professional self-determination;

    Abstract : The power of reading literary texts to stimulate language learning, critical thinking and communicative competence is well established, yet young people are reading less literature than they did ten years ago. The aim of my research is to find out what teachers and other educational professionals can do in order to support young people to take up the habit of regular deep reading. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Emperor's Free Will

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för filosofi, lingvistik och vetenskapsteori

    Author : Daniel Lärnhem; [2022-08-25]
    Keywords : Free Will; Fri vilja;

    Abstract : Free will has commonly been used in the philosophical community to justify and ground the concept of moral responsibility. I will attempt to argue that this connection is unjustified. READ MORE

  4. 3. Climate governance in a well-ordered world : an analysis of Rawlsian climate justice and the goal of climate action

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Andreas Ekvall; [2022]
    Keywords : Rawls’; distributional justice; communitarianism; Agenda 2030; climate justice;

    Abstract : The aspiration of normative theory to conceptualise climate justice is a contested endeavour. At best there are certain agreements about what constitutes distributional justice on a surface level, while it remains challenged whether such conceptualisation is helpful in the realisation of climate justice. READ MORE

  5. 4. Moral Worth, Moral Awareness, and Virtuous Motives

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för praktisk filosofi

    Author : Fabian Lorentzon; [2022]
    Keywords : Moral Worth; Motivation; Virtue; Moral Awareness; Praiseworthiness;

    Abstract : Morally worthy actions are morally exemplary actions. They are the result of an agent manifesting his virtue. However, the details are controversial. What should the morally exemplary agent care about and what does it mean to be morally aware? In this paper, I examine these questions and present a novel account of morally worthy action. READ MORE

  6. 5. Cognitive Dissonance in the Brain: A Systematic Review

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

    Author : Elin Boklund; [2022]
    Keywords : cognitive dissonance; functional magnetic resonance imaging; anterior cingulate cortex; dorsal anterior cingulate cortex;

    Abstract : Cognitive dissonance is the uncomfortable psychological feeling that arises when something is perceived as contradictory. In 1957, Leon Festinger first developed the theory of cognitive dissonance, which has since continued to be of interest for, among other things, decision-making, moral reasoning, motivation, politics, and science. READ MORE