Essays about: "moral responsibility"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 122 essays containing the words moral responsibility.

1. 1. Philosophical Zombies and Moral Responsibility : An Analysis of Whether Philosophical Zombies Would Have Moral Responsibility or Not

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

   Author : Rim Winssi; [2022]
   Keywords : Philosophical zombies; Consciousness; Moral responsibility; Moral agency; The Tripartite Theory of Responsibility; Attributability; Answerability; Accountability; Psychopaths; AI;

   Abstract : Philosophical zombies are beings that look exactly like humans and behave in the same way as humans do. The only difference between humans and philosophical zombies is that philosophical zombies lack consciousness. This means that they can complain, cry, laugh and say that they are in pain. READ MORE

3. 2. Citizenship Education for the World:A Model Inspired by Hannah Arendt

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för barndom, utbildning och samhälle (BUS)

   Author : Sana Butt; [2022]
   Keywords : Arendt; Citizenship; Education; World; World-Alienation;

   Abstract : In this thesis, I construct a model of citizenship education inspired by Hannah Arendt’s works, specifically by using her influential book, The Human Condition and notable essay, “The Crisis in Education”. In Arendt’s disapproval of progressive education with its ideal of citizenship education to predefine the future for citizens, I construct my own model of citizenship education, that is for the world. READ MORE

4. 3. Belief in Karma and Political Attitudes

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Albin Östervall; [2022]
   Keywords : karma; karmic belief; political attitudes; ideology; India; Indian politics; conservative dispositions; caste; caste system; varnas; political psychology; political sociology; conservatism; laissez faire; authoritarianism; status quo conservatism; equality; BJP; motivated social cognition; Weber; death penalty; capital punishment; ableism; ableist attitudes; personal responsibility; samsara; ahimsa; retributivism; theodicy; just world belief; karmic causation; justice reasoning; legitimizing myth; legitimizing ideology; Hinduism; Hindutva; politics; religion; karma index;

   Abstract : Many scholars have discussed the sociopolitical consequences of belief in karma but few have investigated such relationships quantitatively. This study aims to establish empirical patterns concerning the connection between karmic beliefs and attitudes related to (i) political ideology, (ii) ableism, and (iii) views on the death penalty. READ MORE

5. 4. Avliva eller låta leva? : en etisk diskussion om att väga sällskapsdjurs livskvalité och lidande

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

   Author : Malin Wolters; [2022]
   Keywords : lidande; livskvalité; avlivning; etik; veterinär; djurägare;

   Abstract : Denna studie har tre syften. Det första är att undersöka hur djurägare och veterinärer ser på lidande, livskvalité och beslut om avlivning av sällskapsdjur. READ MORE

6. 5. Why It Can Be Effective To Be Just When Sharing Climate Burdens

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

   Author : Carl-Otto Decker; [2022]
   Keywords : Climate burdens; Burden-sharing; Climate justice; The ability to pay; The polluter pays; The beneficiary pays; IPCC; Klimatbörda; klimatfördelning; Klimaträttvisa; Rättvisa; Förorenaren betalar.;

   Abstract : This article aims to provide both efficient and just ways of sharing mitigative and adaptive climate burden costs. Time is an important factor when constructing policies which are set out to turn negative temperature trends around. Justice is another crucial value to consider when deciding who ought to carry out these climate burdens. READ MORE