Sökning: "ethical principles Utilitarianism"

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  1. 1. Etiska dilemman och avvägningar mellan smittskydd och sekretesskydd

    Magister-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Författare :Olivia Flodbring Larsson; Anna Skillryd; [2023]
    Nyckelord :communicable disease control; the Communicable Diseases Act; the Public Access to Information and Secrecy Act; human rights; ethics; social work in healthcare settings; smittskydd; smittskyddslag; offentlighets- och sekretesslag; mänskliga rättigheter; etik; socialt arbete i hälso- och sjukvård;

    Sammanfattning : Due to their contagiousness, communicable disease require healthcare staff to not only see to the needs of their patient, but also to the protection of themselves and other people from getting infected. Ethical issues and dilemmas tied to the patient’s anatomy and confidentiality arise as interventions to prevent further spread of the disease necessarily involve informing others about the risk of infection. LÄS MER

  2. 2. Vet vi varför vi straffar? - En moralfilosofisk studie om straffrättens bevekelsegrunder i ljuset av fri vilja

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Författare :Axel Öfver; [2023]
    Nyckelord :allmän rättslära; straffrätt; fri vilja; moralfilosofi; determinism; Law and Political Science;

    Sammanfattning : Justice must be administered, and crime prevented, but what is more important? The mid-20th century, Swedish penal law underwent a reform, which entailed a rewriting of its motivations where moral culpability became obso-lete, partly, due to philosophical considerations of free will. Retribution-based blame gave way to motives regarding prevention. LÄS MER

  3. 3. Humanitarian aid : A qualitative study of the ethical reasoning behind the allocation from the perspective of five Swedish-based organizations

    Kandidat-uppsats, Jönköping University/HLK, Globala studier

    Författare :Jennelié Danielsson; Anna-Maria Polasek; [2020]
    Nyckelord :Humanitarian aid; humanitarian principles; ethics; NGOs; aid allocation; aid donors;

    Sammanfattning : The Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols aim to protect those people who are not “participating in the hostilities” of war, such as “civilians, health workers and aid workers” and are the pillar of humanitarian law (International Committee of the Red Cross, 2010). The humanitarian principles including humanity, neutrality, independence and impartiality, are based on the international humanitarian law and committed to by all member states of the European Union (European Commission, 2019). LÄS MER

  4. 4. Bedövningsmetoder vid grisslakt : en etisk jämförelse mellan koldioxid och skjutning på gård

    Kandidat-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

    Författare :Jeremy Rocchio; [2018]
    Nyckelord :bedövning; slakt; gris; koldioxid; skjutning; etik;

    Sammanfattning : Slaktgrisar måste bedövas innan avblodning i Sverige och koldioxidbedövning är den vanlig-aste metoden. Syftet med den här litteraturstudien är att jämföra två diametralt olika bedöv-ningsmetoder, skjutning på gård och koldioxidbedövning, från två normativa etiska teorier, nyttoetik och dygdetik. LÄS MER

  5. 5. Ethics and Waiting Times: Incorporating theories of justice in an analysis of waiting times in Sweden

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Författare :Linn Mattisson; [2017]
    Nyckelord :Waiting times; health care; theories of justice; ethics; fixed effects model; Business and Economics;

    Sammanfattning : Objectives: There is growing concern regarding waiting times in health care as a mechanism to improve fairness in health services. This essay addresses the issue by evaluating fairness defined by justice theories. Based on this discussion, the essay then investigates whether actual waiting times are consistent with ethical principles. LÄS MER