Debatten om Marx' politiske filosofi har tilsynelatende endt med en konsensus om at Marx var inkonsistent og måtte korrigeres. Marx kritiserer kapitalismen som urettferdig, samtidig avviser han rettferdsprinsipper for å ...

This thesis deals with, and defends the position in environmental philosophy known as environmental pragmatism. Contextualized against the dominant background of monistic non-anthropocentric theories in environmental ethics, ...

The main question discussed in current debates about the epistemology of testimony concerns whether the justification of testimonial beliefs is inferential or non-inferential. This thesis offers a novel argument for ...

Can care-ethics provide an argument for the moral responsibility of economic agents? In mainstream economic theory it is standardly assumed that economic agents are largely rational, self-interested and driven by the pursuit ...

Samandrag av masteroppgåva i filosofi Oppgåva drøftar omgrepet «livsverd» slik det fyrst vart lansert av den tyske filosofen og matematikaren Edmund Husserl, framfor alt i verket «Krisa i dei européiske vitskapane og den ...

Hvordan skal vi tenke om frihet i lys av krisen i relasjonen mellom menneske og natur? Spørsmålet er en rød tråd i denne undersøkelsen, som tar utgangspunkt i Hans Jonas fortelling om et skifte i vestlig idéhistorie. Jonas ...

The purpose of this thesis is to have a closer look at moral relativism, and the problem of immersion. Most people will accept that the truth of judgements are relative to certain standards, a moral framework. Most people ...

One of the central questions in metaethics is whether morality is a fundamentally subjective or fundamentally objective domain. Are we, when we are discussing moral claims or making moral judgments, engaging in an activity ...

The problem of extreme poverty is a demanding challenge in our globalized world. Although Rawls recognizes that well-ordered peoples have a duty to assist burdened societies, the ultimate concern of his theory is justice ...