Essays about: "Rawls’"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 37 essays containing the word Rawls’.

  1. 11. Ideal or non-ieal theory : The challenge of Charles W. Mills

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Julius Lagerlöf; [2021]
    Keywords : Ideal Theory Political Theory Philosophy Rawls Mills;

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  3. 12. Justification for Transnational Environmental Civil Disobedience

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

    Author : Linus Håkansson; [2021]
    Keywords : Civil Disobedience; Climate Change; John Rawls; Political Obligation; Transnationalism;

    Abstract : The following essay argues that Transnational Civil Disobedience may be justified when it is applied to questions relating to global climate change. Civil Disobedience as a politically motivated form of lawbreaking posits questions regarding political obligation and citizenship and such questions are amplified when applied to the transnational level. READ MORE

  4. 13. The Natural Duty of Justice : A Critical Examination

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Melker Åkerlind; [2020]
    Keywords : Rawls; Simmons; Waldron; political obligation; natural duties;

    Abstract : The purpose of this essay is to increase the understanding of the discussion of political obligation. This concern the questions if, how, and to what extent people are required to obey state commands. More specifically the purpose is to increase the understanding of one of the topics main theories, the natural duty of justice. READ MORE

  5. 14. Climate Change and Justice - A Theory of Justice applied to Sweden's stance in the climate change query

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Aida Vizlin Hoti; [2020]
    Keywords : Human rights; Climate change; Sweden; A Theory of Justice;

    Abstract : Climate change has been described as probably the largest threat to humanity in the contemporary world. A threat of this kind is a threat on every human being’s basic human rights and action is necessary. Since climate change concerns human rights, it is a query of ethics. READ MORE

  6. 15. The Secret Ingredients to Moral Philosophy: Blood, Sweat, and Tears : On bad enough worst-case scenarios in experimental approximations of John Rawls' Original Position

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Isa Lappalainen; [2019]
    Keywords : Distributive Justice; Maximin; John Rawls; Original Position; Veil of Ignorance; Justice; Experiment; Vietnam Lottery; Stoker; Erikson; Frohlich; Oppenheimer;

    Abstract : This paper approximates the study of a natural experiment to John Rawls’ thought experiment ‘the original position’ (OP). It argues that laboratory experiments have been unsuccessful in making legitimate approximations of the OP because of their inability to present convincing worst-case scenarios. READ MORE