Essays about: "Slippery slope"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words Slippery slope.

  1. 1. Tabooing Dirty Hands?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Henning Bollmark; [2024]
    Keywords : Dirty Hands; torture; crisis; utilitarianism; weak rule utilitarianism; Sartre; moral fictionalism; political theory; unspeakable; taboo; Smutsiga händer; tortyr; kris; utilitarism; svag regelutilitarism; Sartre; moralisk fiktion; politisk teori; onämnbar; tabu;

    Abstract : The normative political theory problem of dirty hands (DH) concerns the troubling possibility that political leaders, from a (mostly) consequentialist perspective, might sometimes be morally required to make exceptions from sensitive rules like prohibitions of extremely harmful practices (e.g. READ MORE

  3. 2. Swedish SMEs' Perception of the Corporate Income Taxation System's Treatment of Online Data Collection

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för företagande, innovation och hållbarhet

    Author : Arnold Kramer; Gentrit Dobreva; [2023]
    Keywords : Corporate Income Taxation; Corporate Income Taxation System; Tax Perceptions; SMEs; The Slippery Slope Framework; Complexity; Distributional Fairness; Retributive Fairness; Procedural Fairness; Growth; Tax Benefits; Privacy; Punishment; Trust;

    Abstract : Purpose - The paper aims to analyse the perception SMEs in Sweden have of the corporate income tax system's treatment of online data collection. Methodology – This study employs a qualitative research approach in which the authors implemented a deductive phenomenological research approach. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Slippery Slope of Oil - Estimating the future GDP of Nigeria with uni- and multivariate approaches

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Clara Karlsson Schedvin; [2021]
    Keywords : Nigeria; Forecasting; GDP; ARIMA; VAR; Oil; Population; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Nigeria is, by population, the largest country in Africa and their economic growth will be a key part in the world reaching the goals of eradicating poverty. This paper investigates the economic growth performance of Nigeria and the relationship between oil and the GDP performance by using growth accounting, ARIMA, VAR and VEC models. READ MORE

  5. 4. CRISPR AND THETREATMENT/EN DISTINCTION : On Vagueness, Borderline Cases and Germline Genome Editing

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

    Author : Ellen Svensson; [2021]
    Keywords : CRISPR; Treatment; Enhancement; Vagueness; Borderline cases; Slippery slope; Germline genome editing; GGE; Gene editing; Distinction; Ethics; Radical Enhancement; Human Nature; Eugenics;

    Abstract : In this thesis, I argue that the treatment/enhancement distinction that is central to the ethical debate concerning germline genome editing and CRISPR is too vague to be ethically and normatively guiding. The problem of vagueness is twofold, being both a semantic and epistemic issue. READ MORE

  6. 5. Physician Assisted Suicide - Ethically Defendable or Not? : A Qualitative Ethical Analysis

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för medicinska vetenskaper

    Author : Maria Vangouver; [2019]
    Keywords : Physician assisted suicide; ethics; autonomy; beneficence; non-maleficence; dignity; justice.;

    Abstract : Introduction: Physician assisted suicide (PAS) is the process where the patient terminateshis/her life with the aid of a physician who provides a prescription for lethal medication thatthe patient self-administers in order to commit suicide. PAS is practiced in several countriesand is now gaining support in Sweden. READ MORE