Essays about: "virtue ethics"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 39 essays containing the words virtue ethics.

  1. 11. The ethics of genome editing of animals

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Breeding and Genetics

    Author : Annelien Prosman; [2021]
    Keywords : ethics; genome editing; animals;

    Abstract : In the Western culture nowadays, a large number of animals is used for food production and because of the growing world population, the demand for animal products is increasing even more. Since the planet has its environmental boundaries, it is important that these products are produced sustainably to minimize negative environmental impacts. READ MORE

  3. 12. Hardened hearts : Are the Swedish people being failed as moral agents by Swedish authorities during the COVID-19 pandemic?

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

    Author : Andrea Johansson; [2021]
    Keywords : Pandemic ethics; virtue ethics; moral responsibility; epistemic injustice; collective agency;

    Abstract : Almost since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Sweden has been criticised for doing too little to stop the spread of the virus. No lockdowns have been implemented and schools have stayed open throughout the pandemic. READ MORE

  4. 13. Going ALL Ink : An anthropological phenomenology study of a moral self, individuality, and embodiment through the practice of tattoos

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Ludvig Ånséhn; [2021]
    Keywords : individuality; a moral self; the practice of tattoos; self-construction; habitus; embodiment;

    Abstract : Habitus is a type of order that explains how an individual becomes a member of a society or a culture and can be studied to learn about that society or culture. Daniel Miller is introducing a similar approach to order of individuals’ material relationships through which one can learn about meaningful representation of the individual subjects themselves. READ MORE

  5. 14. Teaching the Swedish Common Principles as Virtue Ethics: The Unjust Narrator, Gender Inequality and the Arena of Societal Transformation in Welcome to Our Hillbrow

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Emma Aho; [2021]
    Keywords : Phaswane Mpe; virtue ethics; African feminism; narratology; sexism; gender inequality; societal transformation; arena; narrator; implied author; responsible reader; Socratic dialogue; affective-humanistic approach;

    Abstract : According to Skolverket, the Swedish school has two missions: conveying knowledge and teaching values. These values are taught through the common principles (värdegrund) and instruct students about democratic values and human rights. However, Skolverket also reports that students lack such knowledge. READ MORE

  6. 15. Ethics in Artificial Intelligence : How Relativism is Still Relevant

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Loukas Piloidis; [2020]
    Keywords : artificial intelligence; ethics; Ancient Greek philosophy;

    Abstract : This essay tries to demarcate and analyse Artificial Intelligence ethics. Going away from the traditional distinction in normative, meta, and applied ethics, a different split is executed, inspired by the three most prominent schools of thought: deontology, consequentialism, and Aristotelian virtue ethics. READ MORE