Essays about: "pragmatic principles"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 essays containing the words pragmatic principles.

1. 1. The role of Islam in Russian foreign policy : A constructivist perspective

   University essay from Försvarshögskolan

   Author : Sarah Hoover; [2023]
   Keywords : Islam; foreign policy; Russia;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to obtain a deeper and more conclusive understanding of Russia’s public foreign policy with regards to the religious aspect through the research question - What indications for a religious agenda with respect to Islam are expressed in Russian foreign policy as it is presented in the international arena? A Muslim belt with a non-Soviet identity emerged along Russia's southern border after the fall of the Soviet Union. It was thus vital for Russia to define its attitude towards the Islamist threat and included the Islamic factor in its foreign policy. READ MORE

3. 2. The Moral Constraint on Political Principles in Bernard Williams’s Political Realism

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Hugo Sundman; [2023]
   Keywords : political realism; Bernard Williams; virtue ethics; Rosalind Hursthouse;

   Abstract : This essay argues that Bernard Williams’s political realism presupposes a moral constraint on the political principle of legitimacy, and that Williams’s realism does not articulate a distinctive political normativity. To critically engage with the ethical idea of a moral constraint on political principles, Williams’s ethics is contrasted with Rosalind Hursthouse’s neo-Aristotelian virtue ethics. READ MORE

4. 3. Hey girl, I just wanted to reach out with this amazing business opportunity. : A study on language used to attract people into a Multi-Level Marketing business.

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

   Author : Elin Bergquist; [2021]
   Keywords : Multi-Level Marketing; MLM; recruiting;

   Abstract : This study examines the language used by independent distributors in Multi-Level Marketing companies (MLMs) when attempting to recruit new people into the business. Social media posts and messages were read and analysed to identify themes or categories within the data, which each detailed a means used by distributors to recruit new distributors or customers. READ MORE

5. 4. Balancing Normative and Pragmatic Considerations in Foreign Aid : A Case Study of Swedish Aid and its Focus on Democracy and Human Rights

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Isolde Limé; [2021]
   Keywords : Democracy and Human Rights; Swedish Aid; Qualitative Content Analysis; Development Cooperation; Aid Suspension;

   Abstract : This study investigates Swedish aid and its focus on democracy and human rights. It analyses the space given to these normative objectives in relation to pragmatic considerations like strategic interests and institutional incentives. READ MORE

6. 5. A behaviorist correspondence theory of truth

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för teoretisk filosofi

   Author : Emil Alexander; [2020]
   Keywords : truth; correspondence; behaviorism; relational frame theory; stimulus equivalence; contextual behavioral science;

   Abstract : For many decades there has been an ongoing feud between the fields of behaviorism and cognitive science. This feud is not about specific scientific findings, it is about deep philosophical convictions, and about what terms and methods it makes sense to use when studying psychology. READ MORE