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1. 1. Cannibalism Is Not Inherently Immoral : A Philosophical Study of Morality and Cannibalism

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

   Author : Rebecca Blomberg; [2022]
   Keywords : Cannibalism; Armin Meiwes; Meiwes; German cannibal; Cannibal; Moral; Morality; Immoral; Immorality; Philosophy; Ethics; Autonomy; Morality in cannibalism; cannibalism moral; cannibalism morality; consent; moral philosophyy; Kannibalism; kannibal; filosofi; etik; moral; samtycke; Armin Meiwes; Tysk kannibal; moralisk kannibalism; moral i kannibalism; moralfilosofi; autonomi;

   Abstract : This essay argues that cannibalism is not inherently immoral. To demonstrate this, I have analyzed the ethics of cannibalism through the perspective of consent, rights, autonomy, and consumption of flesh. I have defined the concepts of cannibalism and morality. READ MORE

3. 2. Perceptions of Immorality in Governance : An Empirical Study on Citizens’ Tolerance of Political Corruption in Poland and Mexico

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Rebecca Fox; [2019]
   Keywords : Corruption; Political Corruption; Corruption Tolerance; Morality; Mexico; Poland;

   Abstract : This thesis seeks to, firstly, define corruption in the context of corruption tolerance and secondly, to assess how citizens’ corruption tolerance is constructed. Corruption tolerance is discussed in the context of trust, democracy and levels of corruption. READ MORE

4. 3. The Immortal Life and Immoral Values of Dorian Gray : A Study of Immortality and Immoral Behavior in The Picture of Dorian Gray

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Engelska

   Author : Martina Edsman; [2018]
   Keywords : Immortality; Immorality; Dorian Gray; Oscar Wilde;

   Abstract : This essay aims to examine how immortality and immoral behavior are represented in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. The claim in this essay is that an immortal life is not a desirable life and that it traps you in a paradoxical existence that cannot be desirable. READ MORE

5. 4. The Case of Boel Olsdotter

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Historia

   Author : Ingrid Lyberg; [2014]
   Keywords : syphilis; venereal disease; illegitimate child; church rituals; Kurhuset; lock hospital; History and Archaeology;

   Abstract : By the mid-19th century, syphilis had been established for several hundred years as a disease associated with immorality, from which the poor in particular suffered. Although hospitals for the treatment of venereal diseases existed in most European countries, there would be no cure for another hundred years, and physicians battled unsuccessfully against disfigurement and death. READ MORE

6. 5. Overturning the Notion of White Supremacy in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

   University essay from Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Anna-Karin Westin; [2012]
   Keywords : American literature; Huckleberry Finn; postcolonialism; white supremacy;

   Abstract : This essay discusses how Mark Twain in the novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn uses the description of the white American Christian civilization in order to overturn the colonial notion of white supremacy. This is done through juxtaposing the characterization of the people of the white American civilization and the people that are alienated or ‘other’. READ MORE