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  1. 1. Achievements of the Rational : A comparative argumentation analysis of witch hunts and conspiracy theories

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Emil Björk; [2023]
    Keywords : Rationality; Debate; Vocabulary; Human achievement; Normative development; QAnon; Witch hunts;

    Abstract : According to philosopher Richard Rorty, rational debate and reasoning has limited impact on normative development of society. This seems to be at odds with modern design of democratic institutions, which are built to facilitate rational debate. Through a comparative study of two cases, the present paper examines Rorty’s theory. READ MORE

  3. 2. Climate governance in a well-ordered world : an analysis of Rawlsian climate justice and the goal of climate action

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Andreas Ekvall; [2022]
    Keywords : Rawls’; distributional justice; communitarianism; Agenda 2030; climate justice;

    Abstract : The aspiration of normative theory to conceptualise climate justice is a contested endeavour. At best there are certain agreements about what constitutes distributional justice on a surface level, while it remains challenged whether such conceptualisation is helpful in the realisation of climate justice. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Discourse of Violence, Persecution of Sexual Culture and Criminal Convictions of Sadomasochism

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender

    Author : Suet Fung Tsang; [2021]
    Keywords : politics of sexual consent; sexual culture and norms; sadomasochism; critical discourse analysis; sexual rights and implementation of social justice; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : How sexual consent is evidence and operationalised in criminal courts affect not only sexual rights but also the implementation of social justice. While sexual consent is regarded as a protocol of agreement in vernacular practices, the legal definition is seemingly more complicated than a mutual agreement. READ MORE

  5. 4. Who’s responsible? : A study of strategies for handling climate migration

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : My Andersson; [2019]
    Keywords : climate migration; climate change; framing; problem definition; sustainable development.;

    Abstract : The issue of climate migration has long been struggling to make its way onto the international agenda. This study therefore set out to shed a light on eleven strategies for handling climate migration. The study builds on the work by Ransan-Cooper et al. READ MORE

  6. 5. Towards a Coherent Sustainability Ethics : A study on the meaning and moral underpinnings in Sustainability and their relation to consequential and deontological perspectives

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Elizabeth Bushby; [2017]
    Keywords : Sustainability; ethics; Nussbaum; Singer; climate change; environment; social justice; development; intergenerational justice; distributive justice; utilitarianism; deontology; capabilities approach; ecology; global ethics;

    Abstract : The idea of writing this essay begun as an attempt to enter into the current discussion about the theory and ethics of sustainability. The essay aims to compare the meaning of sustainability with two ethical theories that are currently used in developmental and environmental issues, namely the theories of Martha Nussbaum and Peter Singer, and see how coherent these theories are with the concept of sustainability. READ MORE