Sökning: "epistemic vagueness"

Hittade 2 uppsatser innehållade orden epistemic vagueness.

1. 1. CRISPR AND THETREATMENT/EN DISTINCTION : On Vagueness, Borderline Cases and Germline Genome Editing

   Kandidat-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

   Författare :Ellen Svensson; [2021]
   Nyckelord :CRISPR; Treatment; Enhancement; Vagueness; Borderline cases; Slippery slope; Germline genome editing; GGE; Gene editing; Distinction; Ethics; Radical Enhancement; Human Nature; Eugenics;

   Sammanfattning : In this thesis, I argue that the treatment/enhancement distinction that is central to the ethical debate concerning germline genome editing and CRISPR is too vague to be ethically and normatively guiding. The problem of vagueness is twofold, being both a semantic and epistemic issue. LÄS MER

3. 2. Moralisk Epistemicism : Ett argument för en Epistemisk Förståelse av Moralisk Vaghet

   Magister-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

   Författare :Joakim Nilsson; [2021]
   Nyckelord :Moral vagueness; moral epistemicism; moral realism; Timothy Williamson; Miriam Schoenfield; semantic vagueness; ontic vagueness; epistemic vagueness;

   Sammanfattning : Moral vagueness is encountered when the alethic value of some moral statement containing a moral predicate is deemed to be vague. One such statement could be “abortion in week 22 is permissible”. Given the metaethical framework of moral realism, there are three standard approaches to understanding the ontology of such vagueness. LÄS MER