Sökning: "ahimsa"

Hittade 4 uppsatser innehållade ordet ahimsa.

  1. 1. Belief in Karma and Political Attitudes

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Albin Östervall; [2022]
    Nyckelord :karma; karmic belief; political attitudes; ideology; India; Indian politics; conservative dispositions; caste; caste system; varnas; political psychology; political sociology; conservatism; laissez faire; authoritarianism; status quo conservatism; equality; BJP; motivated social cognition; Weber; death penalty; capital punishment; ableism; ableist attitudes; personal responsibility; samsara; ahimsa; retributivism; theodicy; just world belief; karmic causation; justice reasoning; legitimizing myth; legitimizing ideology; Hinduism; Hindutva; politics; religion; karma index;

    Sammanfattning : Many scholars have discussed the sociopolitical consequences of belief in karma but few have investigated such relationships quantitatively. This study aims to establish empirical patterns concerning the connection between karmic beliefs and attitudes related to (i) political ideology, (ii) ableism, and (iii) views on the death penalty. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Jain Vegetarian Laws in the City of Palitana : Indefensible Legal Enforcement or Praiseworthy Progressive Moralism?

    Magister-uppsats, Linköpings universitet/Centrum för tillämpad etik; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

    Författare :Ruben van Popering; [2015]
    Nyckelord :Ahimsa; Animal Rights; Anthropocentrism; Ecology; Jainism; Minority Rights; Moral Vegetarianism; Palitana; Philosophy of Law; Religious Rights;

    Sammanfattning : The city of Palitana, India, has become the first region known to legally install de facto meat bans, essentially making Palitana a vegetarian city by law. These legal steps seem to be the direct result of social pressure put on local legislators in the form of a mass hunger strike performed by local Jain monks. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Ahimsa : Vägen till ett fridfullt liv

    Kandidat-uppsats, Ämnesavdelningen för kultur- och religionsvetenskap

    Författare :Katarina Campagnola; [2009]
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  5. 4. Ahimsa är vad vi gör av det : En granskning av två läroböcker i religionskunskap för gymnasiet

    Kandidat-uppsats, Institutionen för pedagogik

    Författare :Diana Andersson Bíró; [2008]
    Nyckelord :diskursanalys; buddhism; ahimsa; Dalai lama; fred; textbruksanalys; populärklutur;

    Sammanfattning : The attacks of September 11, 2001 have done more to focus attention on the conjunction of religion and conflict than any other event in recent history. Although much international research has focused since then on the role of Islam, religiously inspired violence is also found in countries as diverse as Thailand, Burma, or Sri Lanka, where Buddhism plays a central role. LÄS MER