Essays about: "Praktisk filosofi"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 30 essays containing the words Praktisk filosofi.

  1. 1. Fiduciary Duty : Developing a Morally Worthy Account of an Economic Agent’s Duties to Stakeholders

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för praktisk filosofi

    Author : Carl Sandstrom; [2023]
    Keywords : Fiduciary Duty;

    Abstract : Fiduciary Duty is the legal obligation that economic agents must act in the best interests of their beneficiaries, however the legal definition is vague. There are two general categories of ways of interpreting Fiduciary Duty. READ MORE

  3. 2. 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

  4. 3. Principles and the Purpose of Action : An inquiry into the relationship between the ethical and the political in the work of Hannah Arendt.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för praktisk filosofi

    Author : Andreas Klawitter; [2022]
    Keywords : Hannah Arendt; principles; action; performativity;

    Abstract : Hannah Arendt has been widely criticized for conceiving a theory of action and the public realm as devoid of any ethical restraints. This paper suggests that such criticism, as well as proponents of Arendt’s theory, fails to deal with her theory on its own terms and argue that her own notion of manifesting principles as the purpose of action, provides an account of political action that is ethically oriented towards our common world. READ MORE

  5. 4. Moral Judgements and their Actions : A Reflection on the Common Point of View in Hume’s Ethics

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för praktisk filosofi

    Author : Anthony Öhnström; [2022]
    Keywords : Hume; ethics; action; philosophy;

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  6. 5. Religious Arguments in Liberal Public Justification : Examining the Scope of Reasonable Pluralism

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för praktisk filosofi

    Author : Andreas Rudström; [2021]
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