Essays about: "philip pettit"

Found 4 essays containing the words philip pettit.

  1. 1. Neo-republicanism as a framework for a political theory of animal protection - An evaluation of Philip Pettit’s neo-republican theory of freedom and its potential for extending justice to non-human animals

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Martin Hansen; [2022]
    Keywords : animal rights; Neo-republicanism; analytical political theory; reflective equilibrium; political turn; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Non-human animals are often excluded from contemporary political theories, much to their detriment in terms of welfare and protection. The ‘political turn’ is a subset of animal ethicists concerned with moving beyond motivating moral status and instead discussing the politics of a shared human-animal society. READ MORE

  3. 2. Group Agents and Moral Responsibility : An Analysis of the Theory of Group Agency Given by List and Pettit

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Avdelningen för filosofi, historia, konst och religion

    Author : Anton Skott; [2021]
    Keywords : Christian List; Philip Pettit; group agency; group agent responsibility;

    Abstract : In this essay I discuss if groups can be morally responsible agents over and above the responsibility of their individual members. I consider an important collectivist theory given by List and Pettit arguing that groups can be responsible over its members. READ MORE

  4. 3. On Nondomination : A comparative study on the distinctiveness and the preferability of freedom as nondomination vis-à-vis freedom as noninterference

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

    Author : Amin Baledi; [2021]
    Keywords : neo-Roman republicanism; nondomination; arbitrary power; pure negative liberty; noninterference; overall liberty;

    Abstract : The recent years have seen the revival of neo-Roman republicanism through the works of Philip Pettit, who has replaced Isaiah Berlin’s taxonomy of positive/negative liberty with freedom as nondomination. This essay compares the neo-Roman conception of nondomination to the liberal conception of noninterference, with the purpose of clarifying whether nondomination is a distinct concept of liberty and preferable to that of noninterference. READ MORE

  5. 4. The ban of religious symbols in primary and secondary schools in France : A short analysis of its compatibility with Pettit’s theory of liberty as non-domination

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Filosofiska institutionen

    Author : Fabio Loreggia; [2018]
    Keywords : Secularism; non-domination; liberty; religion; hijab; religious symbols; Philip Pettit; school; education; Laïcité; religion; non-domination; voile; liberté; symboles religieux; Philip Pettit; école; éducation;

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