The harm principle entails the subprinciple that harm to others provides a pro tanto moral reason for legal or social coercion. We address a ‘scope problem’ for that subprinciple: how can what counts as harm be restricted sufficiently, without sacrificing extensional adequacy, to protect the harm principle’s liberal credentials? While recognizing the centrality of such basic liberties as freedom ...

Sammendrag Bakgrunnen for dette prosjektet er et ønske om å undersøke hvordan beredskapshjem som tar imot barn i akutte situasjoner, opplever å være beredskapshjem. Prosjektet er en del av masterutdanningen i sosialt arbeid som gjennomføres på Universitetet i Tromsø, Norges arktiske universitet, heretter UIT. Prosjektet er delt opp i ulike kapittel hvor det systematisk gjøres rede for prosjektets ...

This thesis explores how nature and empire collide in three well-known Victorian stories: Wilkie Collins’s The Frozen Deep and Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Sign of Four and The Hound of the Baskervilles. While these works are often read as detective or adventure fiction, they also reflect deeper concerns about British colonialism and humanity’s troubled relationship with the environment. Using ideas ...

The following thesis aims to explore how Joseph Campbell’s idea about using myths as helping tools translates to modern fictional literature, by framing Brandon Sanderson’s The Stormlight Archive as a healing myth. This is done by connecting modern psychiatric ideas on healing, with literary theories on how and why we read. I reflect upon one of the protagonists of The Stormlight Archive named Kaladin ...

Denne oppgaven undersøker debatten som oppstod i samfunnet og i det historiefaglige miljøet i etterkant av utgivelsen av Hva visste hjemmefronten? av Marte Michelet i 2018. I boken anklager Michelet blant annet den norske hjemmefronten for å ha mottatt tidlige varsler om de forestående jødeaksjonene i 1942, og at de ikke reagerte raskt nok og sterkt nok på disse. Michelet mener å kunne bevise at ...

Abstract Creativity is an important theme in English as a foreign language class. Different approaches are considered to nurture creativity in English in young learners. Many researchers have considered picturebooks to have immense potential to foster creativity in young learners, however, they have been underused for this purpose in primary school pupils. In this study, I have examined how a ...

Children’s and young people’s motivation to read has shown a declining trend over time. This master thesis explores, through a literature review, the benefits of reading enjoyment, the challenges associated with fostering reading motivation and proposes measures to enhance reading engagement among children and young adults. The aim is to develop a deeper understanding of how teachers can contribute ...

This thesis has identified four interweaving causes of the Russo-Ukrainian war. The first is domestic fragmentation between cultural identities and political models of statehood, internal contradictions which have fused with modern political currents and have thus embedded themselves within competing geopolitical paradigms – the second cause of war. Indeed, this toxic union has cemented Ukraine’s ...

Denne masteroppgaven undersøker hvorfor fortellingen om 2. bergkompanis innsats under frigjøringen av Finnmark 1944-45 har vært preget av så ulike og til dels motstridende fortellinger. Som den eneste norske hærstyrken som deltok aktivt i landoperasjoner på norsk jord under andre verdenskrig, har kompaniet blitt både hyllet og kritisert i ettertid. Noen fortellinger vektlegger det militære bidraget ...

China developed the elusive ‘Polar Silk Road’ policy around 2017. The Polar Silk Road connects China’s Arctic policy with the global Belt and Road Initiative, and aims to increase Chinese activity within shipping, infrastructure construction and resource development in the Arctic region. In the eight years that have passed since, the policy has produced remarkably few concrete results. This thesis ...