Essays about: "ought implies can"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words ought implies can.

  1. 1. ”Obligation”, ”Ought” and ”Can”

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

    Author : Jakob Andreas Sjölander Johansson; [2020]
    Keywords : OIC; Ought; Can; Implication; ought implies can; Principle; Obligation; Intuition; Morals; Ethics; Pro Tanto Obligation; Simple term; Complex Term;

    Abstract : This paper criticises the famous “”ought” implies “can”” on the grounds that its main claim - that there can be no unfulfillable obligations - is false. The first part of the paper investigates the use, history and previous literature on the topic, as well as the proper understanding of the principle. READ MORE

  3. 2. Investor Rationality in Index Funds : An Analysis of the Swedish Investor Rationality when Investing in Index Funds

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Adele Sandberg; Frida Ottosson; [2019]
    Keywords : Index Fund; Investor Rationality; Behavioral Finance; Benchmark Index; Sweden.;

    Abstract : iiABSTRACTBehavioral finance has been a popular research subject for a while and therefore the understanding of human behavior when it comes to private financial investments has increased. When comparing human behavior to the financial theories one can conclude thatthe assumption of perfect and efficient markets with fully informed and rational investors is not realistic. READ MORE

  4. 3. Validation of non-linear time marching and time-linearised CFD solvers used for flutter prediction

    University essay from KTH/Kraft- och värmeteknologi

    Author : Ruben Erives Anchondo; [2015]
    Keywords : Validation; flutter; linear; non-linear;

    Abstract : The turbomachinery related industry relies heavily on numerical tools for the design and development of modern turbomachines. In order to be competitive turbomachines ought to be highly efficient and robust. This has lead engineers to develop more aggressive designs, which often leads to lower margins of structural reliability. READ MORE

  5. 4. Påverkan av e-handelns framtida utveckling på pappersförpackningsbranschen

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Products

    Author : Christian Jacobson Thalén; [2013]
    Keywords : Förpackning; E-handel; Innovation; Relationer; Packaging; E-commerce; Relations;

    Abstract : Syftet med denna studie har varit att analysera förpackningsbehoven hos olika e-handelsföretag som säljer varor till konsumenter. En ökning av den direkta distributionen av varor till konsumenter är av allmänt intresse på grund av dess inverkan på distributionskedjorna. READ MORE

  6. 5. Do We Have Reasons To Do What We Cannot Do?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Praktisk filosofi

    Author : Jakob Green Werkmäster; [2013]
    Keywords : Jonathan Dancy; Ulrike Heuer; Bart Streumer; Reasons; Impossibility; Reasons for actions.; Philosophy and Religion;

    Abstract : Bart Streumer utilizes the principle “R: We do not have reasons to do what we cannot do” in order to justify that ‘ought’ implies ‘can’. This thesis questions Streumer’s assumption and instead argues that we have reasons to do what is psychologically-, physically and maybe even metaphysically impossible but not conceptually or logically impossible. READ MORE