Essays about: "moral justification"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 35 essays containing the words moral justification.
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1. It Takes Two to Tango: Perceptions and Motivations Towards Campaign Clientelism in Zambia
University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : Various studies on clientelism usually start from a common puzzle: Why is campaign clientelism widely practised by politicians even when they have no means of ensuring reciprocity from the voters? Similarly, why is campaign clientelism widespread amongst voters despite its numerous negative consequences on societies, democracy, and development? These puzzles have motivated my research, where I attempt to understand the perceptions and motivations of politicians and voters towards campaign clientelism in Zambia. To address the research question, two forms of data collection methods were utilised, in-depth interviews with politicians at the local level and a survey of voters in densely populated areas (Lusaka and Kitwe). READ MORE
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2. History, Progress, Morality : An Inquiry on the Metaethics of Moral Progress
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälleAbstract : In this essay, I examine the interplay between history, progress, and morality, as it is discussed explicitly or implicitly in the metaethical literature. At first sight, it is perhaps intuitive that these three are necessarily intertwined and mutually dependent, as if they were casually connected. READ MORE
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3. The concept of human rights : a qualitative content analysis of the declarations of UN, ASEAN and AU
University essay from Södertörns högskola/StatsvetenskapAbstract : This thesis will examine and evaluate how post-colonial and universal key concepts reflects on The Universal Declaration of Human rights, the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, and the ASEAN Declaration on Human Rights in order to provide diverse understandings of the concept of rights. The purpose of the study is to examine and evaluate how some of the key concepts of post-colonialism and universalism are reflected in these three declarations. READ MORE
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4. A Defense of the Permissibility of Prejudice
University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudierAbstract : This paper argues for the counter intuitive notion that some prejudice is morally justified. The argument is divided up into three parts: (1) what prejudice is, (2) the role of epistemology and (3) the final moral argument. The first section initially establishes a working definition which allows prejudice to be justified epistemically. READ MORE
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5. Cracking the AI-gma Code? - The Interpretability and Explainability of AI in light of Forst’s Right to Justification
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakultetenAbstract : In April 2018 the European Commission took their first step into establishing the European AI Strategy, which aims to make Europe the world-leading centre for AI while ensuring fundamental rights and freedoms. In April 2021 the proposal for a regulation on artificial intelligence, referred to as the AI Act, was announced. READ MORE
