Essays about: "Olesya Vallin"

Found 2 essays containing the words Olesya Vallin.

1. 1. A Complementary Developmental View on Morally Arbitrary Contingencies in Rawls’s Theory of Justice

   University essay from Institutionen för religion och kultur

   Author : Olesya Vallin; [2007]
   Keywords : Rawls; natural lottery; morally arbitrary contingencies; global justice; egalitarian theory; moral philosophy; Dworkin; Kohlberg;

   Abstract : The paper explores theoretical shortcomings in the egalitarian theory by John Rawls and provides a complementary view on the problem of morally arbitrary contingencies. The conception of natural lottery, which Rawls presents to signify the starting range of morally arbitrary inequalities, falls short in philosophical grounding. READ MORE

3. 2. Circuits of Civilization: Progressive Democratic Character Education in the Process of Globalization

   University essay from Centrum för tillämpad etik

   Author : Olesya Vallin; [2007]
   Keywords : Dewey; democracy; progressive education; character education; civilization; moral evolution; values;

   Abstract : This thesis interprets John Dewey’s theory of the moral life in the global context in order to shed a light on major ethical challenges of the process of globalization. Dewey’s perspective provides an explanation of (1) formation of the individual commitments to particular sets of values,(2) justification of the responsibilities to the distanced peoples as opposed to the responsibilities to the nearest and dearest peoples and (3)the meaning of democratic social arrangements on the global scale. READ MORE