Browsing by Subject "Applied Ethics"
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A Corporate Social Responsibility vs. a Relational Stakeholder Approach
(2020)In this thesis I present the case study of Fairtrade to recognise the way a stakeholder approach, based on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), has been adopted by institutions that are committed to global justice. It ... -
A MORAL RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN IN JOURNALISM: A BALANCING ACT OF NORMATIVE RIGHTS
(2020)Balancing the normative values of respect for privacy and press freedom have been a matter of debate for a while now. However, the growing acknowledgement that a right to privacy is an important value has sparked debates ... -
A philosophical coming of age. What makes philosophical education for children philosophical?
(2017)When I became more acquainted with philosophical education for children, I missed a clear idea of what exactly makes it philosophical. Driven by the conviction that philosophical education should safeguard a philosophical ... -
A virtue-ethical approach to issues of commercialization in professional football
(2021)The intrinsic value of professional football expressed as the dignity of players, clubs and the sport in general is increasingly pressured by the extrinsic value expressed in terms of financial revenue. This raises the ... -
Adaptations to Nussbaum’s List of Central Capabilities Required to Include Children
(2022)In 2011, Martha Nussbaum published a list of ten central capabilities with the intention of it being universal for all humans. This thesis provides evidence that Nussbaum’s list of central capabilities it is only partially ... -
Algorithms and Public Policy
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AN ADVERSARIAL ETHIC FOR INVESTING: Introducing Investors to the Market Failure Approach
(2018)Much of today’s discourse on ethical investing is concerned with incorporating social responsibilities into the practice of investing. The debate is often concerned with the moral responsibility of shareholders and complicated ... -
An ethical analysis of the role of dignity in the ‘weary of life’-debate
(2015)Dutch elderly people who are weary of life are looking for assistance to end their lives. According to the organizations Nederlandse Vereniging voor een Vrijwillig Levenseinde (NVVE) and Uit Vrije Wil, the dignity of these ... -
An Ethical Evaluation of the Practice of Non-Therapeutic Underage Boy Circumcision in The Netherlands
(2013)In the last decade, various religious rituals have been heavily discussed, which for some led to prohibition of corresponding practice. In 2004, France enacted a law that forbids wearing a headscarf in public schools. ... -
Ante-Mortem and Post-Mortem Conundrums: An Ethical Analysis of the Pitcher-Feinberg Approach
(2020)Is the Pitcher-Feinberg approach in defence of posthumous harm convincing, when applied to ethical theory and practical cases of supposed harm against the dead? Because of semantic issues, the debate about the treatment ... -
Anti-libertarianism Worth Hoping for: A Consequentialist Defense for Hard Incompatibilist Moral Responsibility Revisionism
(2018)If we do not have a free will, this could have significant implications for our morality. Hard incompatibilism is the belief that there is no free will, and that therefore no ‘true’ moral responsibility exists either. In ... -
APPLYING DECOLONIAL PERSPECTIVES TO CLIMATE ETHICS An inquiry into the use of management approaches in climate ethics
(2016)In this inquiry two parts of the climate ethical debate have been analyzed. These are the views of climate ethicists who see merit in management approaches and ethicists that do not. It is argued that these two opposing ... -
Applying Rawls in a Globalizing World
(2010)In this thesis I seek to answer the question whether a cosmopolitan interpretation of John Rawls’ theory of justice as fairness is a reasonable alternative to the application of The Law of Peoples at the global level in ... -
Applying the Five Faces of Oppression to Climate Justice: Analysing discussions of climate justice with the help of Iris Marion Young’s theory of oppression
(2021)This research aims to fill the academic gap between Iris Marion Young’s “Five Faces of Oppression” and climate justice literature. As Young’s theory has not been applied to this academic field yet, this research is a first ... -
Are NGOs Illegitimate Regulators? The Case of the Fair Finance Guide and the Role of Deliberation
(2017)In this thesis I will argue that the Fair Finance Guide deals with a legitimacy problem because the procedures that generate the standards they set lack the necessary deliberation. I will show that although their activities ... -
‘Asielplaag’ en andere nieuwsmetaforen. Een ethisch onderzoek naar metafoorgebruik in nieuwsmedia.
(2018)In deze MA-thesis heb ik onderzocht of er grenzen moeten zijn aan metafoorgebruik door journalisten in nieuwsmedia. Dit is zowel een vraag naar het bestaan van een morele grens als een vraag naar de noodzaak van eventuele ... -
Augmented Reality -The Ethical Importance of a Shared Context
(2011)In this thesis I will discuss the ethical impact augmented reality can have on our moral deliberation. Augmented reality places a layer of virtual objects onto our perception of reality. I will show that augmented reality ...