Essays about: "Rawls"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 37 essays containing the word Rawls.

  1. 1. A Radical Restructuring of Development Aid : From Liberal Justice to “From each according to their ability, to each according to their needs” Assessing the Failures of Development Aid and Providing A New Normative Alternative

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Alexandra Holm; [2024]
    Keywords : Development Aid; Political theory; Justice; Rawls; Anarchism; Communism;

    Abstract : In this paper I will argue for the need for a change of norms in the global governance system in regards to development aid. I argue that liberal norms of justice and distribution of wealth have a negative effect on development aid practices. This study is a normative political theory and the material researched is relevant literature sources. READ MORE

  3. 2. A level playing field? A comparative analysis of financial student aid in Sweden and Germany

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Julia Hampel; [2023]
    Keywords : student aid; student finance; CSN; Bafög; Germany; Sweden; economic equality; John Rawls; distributive justice; welfare states; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This qualitative case study compares two different student aid systems, the universal Swedish one (CSN) with the needs-based German one (Bafög) to determine their effect to facilitate enrollment in university education and reduce socioeconomic inequalities. For this, tertiary students in Germany and Sweden were surveyed for their opinion on the equality of their respective student aid systems. READ MORE

  4. 3. 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

  5. 4. The Compatibility of Citizenship Re-conceptualization and Civic Integration Mechanisms with John Rawls’ Political Liberalism in a Scandinavian Context

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Florentine Elise Urbach; [2023]
    Keywords : Citizenship; Political Liberalism; John Rawls; Civic Integration; Scandinavia;

    Abstract : The thesis revolves around the transformation of liberal citizenship to a higher degree of conditionality in the face of pluralist challenges revolving around achieving a shared common good. John Rawls’ Political Liberalism serves as the theoretical foundation for the argumentative analysis conducted, utilizing specific civic integration policies of Sweden and Denmark. READ MORE

  6. 5. 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