Essays about: "ethics"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 498 essays containing the word ethics.

  1. 1. CONSEQUENTIAL INTENTIONALISM. AN EVALUATION OF THE APPLICABILITY OF PETER ABELARD’S ETHICS.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för filosofi, lingvistik och vetenskapsteori

    Author : Shadrack Owusu; [2020-07-13]
    Keywords : Medieval ethics; Abelard; Intention; Consent; Morality; Society; Consequentialism;

    Abstract : In his Ethica, Peter Abelard argues for consent as the only criterion for moral evaluation. This argument of Abelard seems to present his ethical system as subjective and therefore cannot be put into practice. This paper seeks to critically analyze the practicality of Abelard’s ethical system in the human society. READ MORE

  3. 2. En policyanalys av Sidas styrdokument angående deras integrering av FN:s ramverk Human Rights Based Approach

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Ebba Sandberg; [2020-02-18]
    Keywords : human rights; human rights based approach; state aid; foreign aid; Sida; policy analysis; ‘What´s the problem represented to be?’-approach; mänskliga rättigheter; människorättsbaserat ramverk; statligt bistånd- och utvecklingssamarbete; policyanalys; ’What´s the problem represented to be?’-metod;

    Abstract : Human rights became an important part of the development aid sector in 2003, due to the UN framework Human Rights Based Approach, HRBA. It is used across the sector, including within the Swedish state aid agency, Sida. READ MORE

  4. 3. THE PROCREATION ASYMMETRY : The Existence-requirement Strategy and some Concerns on Incompatibility

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

    Author : Jepser Söderstedt; [2020]
    Keywords : The procreation asymmetry; asymmetry; variabilism; harming; benefitting; conditional reasons; happiness;

    Abstract : According to the procreation asymmetry there is no moral reason to create a new and foreseeably happy person just because this person will be happy, but there is however a moral reason against creating a new and foreseeably unhappy person just because this person will be unhappy. A common way to defend this conjunction of claims is by employing a so-called existence-requirement, according to which the happiness of a given person p in a world w depends on it being possible to understand p as an existing person in w. READ MORE

  5. 4. Ambush Branding: A reconceptualization of ambush marketing from the ambusher’s perspective

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Wouter Bruin; Viktor Sandberg; [2020]
    Keywords : Ambush branding; ambush marketing; sponsorship; brand identity; ethics; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Thesis purpose: The purpose is to explore ambush marketing by reconceptualizing the phenomenon from the ambusher’s perspective in the context of mega sports events. Methodology: This study conducted a relativist ontology and a constructionist epistemology to allow for the most relevant interpretations of the empirical data. READ MORE

  6. 5. Putting all the sustainable development eggs in the private sector basket : An investigation into hegemonic struggle in the Danish development community over increasing private sector-driven development

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Louise Maria Skotte Møller; [2020]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; Development Finance; Private Sector-Driven Development; Civil Society; Critical Discourse Analysis; Hegemony; Sustainability Science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : How sustainable development (SD) is envisioned, practiced and financed is a crucial question today. In Denmark, the former government introduced private sector-driven development (PSDD) at the heart of Danish development cooperation. READ MORE