Essays about: "virtue ethics"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 39 essays containing the words virtue ethics.

  1. 6. The Hobbit as seen through Christian Virtue Ethics and Norse Mythology

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Author : Karl Axel Harrysson; [2022]
    Keywords : J.R.R. Tolkien; The Hobbit; Archetypal Criticism; Greed; Pride;

    Abstract : The works of J.R.R. Tolkien have been analysed through a Christian perspective claiming Christian influences  numerous times. READ MORE

  3. 7. The Role of Literature in Character Education: On the Formation of the Modern 'Self' in Contemporary Liberal Schooling

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för barndom, utbildning och samhälle (BUS)

    Author : Svetlana Skripnik; [2022]
    Keywords : Character Education; literature; values; formation; Martha Nussbaum; capability approach; Allan Bloom; conservative theories; liberal theories; critical pedagogy; Post-Critical Pedagogy; civic virtue; citizenship; Love of the World.;

    Abstract : With the liberalisation of the society and education in the Western Countries, new development horizons have emerged thus altering our expectations from the younger generation and our vision of human fulfilment and happiness. As Dewey stressed, the current advance of technology and democratic ways of life results in the unprecedented rate and speed of changes and ‘it is impossible to foretell definitely just what civilization will be twenty years from now. READ MORE

  4. 8. Imagining the Future of Creative AI Tools : A Cospeculative Workshop

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Emelie Eriksson; [2022]
    Keywords : n-creativity; creativity; creative ai tools; creative tools; creativity support tools; speculative design; co-speculation; co-speculative workshop; n-kreativitet; kreativitet; kreativa ai verktyg; kreativa verktyg; kreativitetsstödjande verktyg; spekulativ design; samspekulation; samspekulativ workshop;

    Abstract : Creative artificial intelligence (AI) is often explored in terms of machine intelligence on a philosophical basis. As a counter-reaction, there have been calls for user-centered creative AI. READ MORE

  5. 9. Avliva eller låta leva? : en etisk diskussion om att väga sällskapsdjurs livskvalité och lidande

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Malin Wolters; [2022]
    Keywords : lidande; livskvalité; avlivning; etik; veterinär; djurägare;

    Abstract : Denna studie har tre syften. Det första är att undersöka hur djurägare och veterinärer ser på lidande, livskvalité och beslut om avlivning av sällskapsdjur. READ MORE

  6. 10. A summary of and a phenomenological study on ethics within the project management practitioner community

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Industriell teknik

    Author : Ahmed Abu Al Shaikh; [2021]
    Keywords : Project Management; Ethics; Phenomenology; Virtue Ethics; Lennerfors; Bredillet; Coeckelbergh; Dreyfus; Heidegger;

    Abstract : Project managers typically work under constant and strict time, money and quality pressures which can, alongside other factors, lead to professional ethics within the project environment taking a backseat. This paper provides an overview on ethics; project management and ethics within project management with focus on the conventional vs. READ MORE