Essays about: "libertarianism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the word libertarianism.

1. 1. The Human Rights Regime Political Framework

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Rodolfo Esperidião De Melo; [2023]
   Keywords : Keywords: human rights regime; political framework; libertarianism; authoritarianism; State; power; control; freedom; liberty.; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This text aims to identify the political framework of the human rights regime and compare the regime's historical and current political framework. This question is essential and deserves research as it explains how the regime has developed its policies and advocacy over its history and elucidates the reasons behind several of the most damaging and contentious challenges the human rights advocacy has faced over the last few years. READ MORE

3. 2. Prefigurative politics as applied to the climate crisis : A game theoretical assessment

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Nathan Carlshamre; [2023]
   Keywords : Prefigurative politics; game theory; prefiguration; climate activism; activism; environmental activism; tragedy of the commons; anarchism; left-libertarianism; political theory; Montgomery bus boycott; constructive program; ecotage; non-violence; violence; cartel theory; salience;

   Abstract : In this paper, I make use of the game-theoretical concepts of cartel theory and coordination theory via salience and Schelling points in order to assess the viability of prefigurative politics when used by group actors to address the particular case of the climate crisis. I show that prefigurative politics as a strategy faces significant systematic disadvantages when used by social movements attempting to address climate change as compared to when it is used by social movements focused on other causes. READ MORE

4. 3. To Exercise Coercive Methods in the Name of Libertarianism : An argumentative study of whether and why a proposed libertarian policy tool fails to live up to the libertarian ideals of autonomy

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

   Author : Joakim Hamberg; [2022]
   Keywords : Nudging; nudge; libertarian paternalism; libertarianism; paternalism; coercion;

   Abstract : År 2003 publicerade Richard H. Thaler och Cass R. READ MORE

5. 4. Distributing Educational Opportunities : Strengths and Weaknesses of Different Approaches

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation

   Author : Adam Ek; [2019]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : When there is scarcity of educational position, we need a just system of distribution that decides who's to be admitted to said position. In this text I argue that the common system of using grades and test results as merit to distribute educational opportunities is unjust. READ MORE

6. 5. Anarchy, State and the Political Conception of Justice

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Filosofiska institutionen

   Author : Martin Jacobson; [2018]
   Keywords : Political conception; Cosmopolitan conception; Cosmopolitanism; Anarchism; Libertarianism; Egalitarianism;

   Abstract : Political theorists disagree on the origin of justice. According to the cosmopolitan conception of justice, duties of justice are pre-political and universal. According to the political conception of justice, on the other hand, full duties of justice arise within and only within the context of a political community. READ MORE