Essays about: "Moral responsibility"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 137 essays containing the words Moral responsibility.

  1. 26. Group Agents and Moral Responsibility : An Analysis of the Theory of Group Agency Given by List and Pettit

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Avdelningen för filosofi, historia, konst och religion

    Author : Anton Skott; [2021]
    Keywords : Christian List; Philip Pettit; group agency; group agent responsibility;

    Abstract : In this essay I discuss if groups can be morally responsible agents over and above the responsibility of their individual members. I consider an important collectivist theory given by List and Pettit arguing that groups can be responsible over its members. READ MORE

  3. 27. Individual Emissions and Moral Responsibility for Climate Harm

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

    Author : Aleks Kabel; [2021]
    Keywords : environmental etlhics; emissions; individual responsibility; causality; expected harm; complicity;

    Abstract : This essay argues that personal greenhouse gas emissions render the individual responsible forclimate-related harm to a great extent. To accomplish this, there will primarily be a focus onanswering the most important criticisms of individual climate responsibility. READ MORE

  4. 28. Hardened hearts : Are the Swedish people being failed as moral agents by Swedish authorities during the COVID-19 pandemic?

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

    Author : Andrea Johansson; [2021]
    Keywords : Pandemic ethics; virtue ethics; moral responsibility; epistemic injustice; collective agency;

    Abstract : Almost since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Sweden has been criticised for doing too little to stop the spread of the virus. No lockdowns have been implemented and schools have stayed open throughout the pandemic. READ MORE

  5. 29. The Impact of Personal Norms, Environmental Awareness & Ascribed Responsibility on Pro Environmental Intentions of Young Travelers in Sweden

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

    Author : Samudika Perera; [2021]
    Keywords : Personal norms; pro environmental intentions; environmental awareness; ascribed responsibility; intention to involve in sustainable purchasing behaviors; intention to involve in recycling activities; intention to involve in preserving natural and local resources;

    Abstract : Purpose – The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between personal norms and pro environmental intentions of youth travelers in Sweden including the intention to involve in sustainable purchasing behaviors while travelling (IISPB), intention to involve in recycling activities while travelling (IIRA) and intention to preserve natural and local resources while travelling (IPNLR). Also the study aims to test the moderating impact that the environmental awareness and ascribed responsibility have on the relationship between personal norms and pro environmental intentions considered. READ MORE

  6. 30. Ethical Dilemmas in coercive psychiatric care in sweden as experienced by frontline-workers in their work with adult patients

    University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för hälsa, vård och välfärd

    Author : Matthias Rauch; [2021]
    Keywords : discourse analysis; ethical dilemma; psychiatry; coercive care; compulsory care; healthcare; social work;

    Abstract : Abstract Background: The use of coercion is an essential part of psychiatry despite occurrence of harm to patients and psychiatric staff. Contrasting to a global trend to reduce coercion, the number of coercive admissions and coercive treatment in Swedish psychiatry remains stable. READ MORE