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Morality and Prudence: A Case for Substantial Overlap and Limited Conflict
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-06-07)<i>INTRODUCTION</i>: It is virtually impossible to say anything substantial about how morality and prudence relate to one another unless we make assumptions about their content. In what follows, I will make use of a minimal definition, according to which prudence concerns the rational pursuit of personal interest and happiness. In this connection, I use happiness as an evaluative term, as something ... -
Institutional consequentialism and global governance
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-03-13)Elsewhere we have responded to the so-called demandingness objection to consequentialism – that consequentialism is excessively demanding and is therefore unacceptable as a moral theory – by introducing the theoretical position we call institutional consequentialism. This is a consequentialist view that, however, requires institutional systems, and not individuals, to follow the consequentialist ... -
The Concept of Entrapment
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-08-23)Our question is this: What makes an act one of entrapment? We make a standard distinction between <i>legal entrapment</i>, which is carried out by parties acting in their capacities as (or as deputies of) law-enforcement agents, and <i>civil entrapment</i>, which is not. We aim to provide a definition of entrapment that covers both and which, for reasons we explain, does not settle questions of ... -
Hvorfor ethvert samfunn trenger filosofi
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017)Discussing three issues that are central to philosophical thinking, the article argues that each and every society requires the kind of reflection that philosophy entails. The first issue concerns the claim that we have to give reasons for our assertions, the second addresses the idea and significance of truth, and a third pivotal philosophical question deals with the importance of acknowledging ... -
Sivilisasjonens sårbarhet. David Humes analyse av samfunnsmessig utvikling
(Book; Bok, 2017)The book describes and interprets the Scottish philosopher and historian David Hume’s theory of the basis of a society’s development from barbarism to civilization and for the maintenance of a civilized society. An analysis of the development and maintenance of civilization should, according to Hume, be conducted along three dimensions, a political, an economic and one concerning civil society. ... -
Heller død enn udødelig
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017)«Hva er det vi egentlig mener når vi sier, mennesket er dødelig?» spør Woody Allen i boken The Insanity Defence. Han legger til: «Det er åpenbart ikke et kompliment.»1 Jeg tror Woody tar feil her. Vår dødelighet er et kompliment – eller i det minste av det gode – siden livet uten døden ville være katastrofalt. Udødelige liv fører til dyp kjedsomhet, eksistensiell angst og en radikal form for ... -
Arbeidsmarkedet for norske filosofer i dag
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017)Denne artikkelen gir en kort gjennomgang av arbeidsmarkedet for norske filosofer og vektlegger noen av de største problemene filosofer i dag står overfor innen akademia og arbeidslivet for øvrig. Jeg relaterer problemene på arbeidsmarkedet (for kandidater på høyere og lavere akademisk nivå) til svakheter innen utdanningssystemet og akademisk publisering. Avslutningsvis tar jeg til orde for en ... -
Conceptions of meaning in music. On the possibility of meaning in absolute music
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2017-11-01)The thesis aims to refute claims from Peter Kivy that so-called ““Absolute music,” then, as defined, is pure instrumental music without text, title, program, dramatic setting, or any other extra-musical apparatus. It is music, as defined, without representational, narrative, semantic or other extra-musical content”. Or, that music is a “quasi-syntactical structure of sound understandable solely in ... -
Populismens tvetydighet. Politisk kommunikasjon og demokratisk deltakelse i populismens tid
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2017-11-01)Det er ikke entydig hvilken effekt populisme har på demokratiet. Dagens populismedebatt har hatt overvekt av bidrag som fremhever hvordan populisme utgjør en trussel mot liberale demokratiers eksistens. Målet med denne oppgaven er å nyansere debatten ved å vise at populisme ikke utelukkende bør forstås som en destruktiv kraft, men også som et fenomen med viktige konstruktive sider. Med Chantal Mouffes ... -
Causation in Evidence-Based Medicine: In reply to Strand and Parkkinen
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2014)Strand and Parkkinen criticize our dispositional account of causation in evidence-based medicine for failing to provide a proper epistemology of causal knowledge. In particular, they claim that we do not explain how causal inferences should be drawn. In response, we point out that dispositionalism does indeed have an account of the epistemology of causation, including counterfactual dependence, ... -
Causation and evidence-based practice: an ontological review
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2012-09-21)This paper explores the nature of causation within the framework of evidence-based practice (EBP) for health care. The aims of the paper were first to define and evaluate how causation is presently accounted for in EBP; second, to present an alternative causal account by which health care can develop in both its clinical application and its scientific research activity. The paper was premised on the ... -
Sted og historie. Bidrag til en filosofisk forståelse av fortellingen
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Anerkjennelse, status og identitet. En diskusjon av Nancy Frasers teori om anerkjennelse
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2017-05-15)Stensen drøfter i denne oppgaven Nancy Frasers teori om anerkjennelse: statusmodellen av anerkjennelse. Å være underkjent betyr i denne teorien å være hindret fra å kunne delta på like vilkår i samfunnet av kulturelle forhold. Å anerkjenne betyr å oppheve slike hindringer. Han diskuterer denne teorien i hovedsak gjennom å ta for seg de fordelene Fraser mener hennes teori har sammenlignet med en ... -
Critical Thinking in Online Educational Discussions Measured as Progress through Inquiry Phases: A Discussion of the Cognitive Presence Construct in the Community of Inquiry Framework
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016)The development of critical thinking is a rationale for higher education and an important aspect of online educational discussions. A key component in most accounts of critical thinking is to evaluate the tenability of claims. The community of inquiry framework is among the most influential frameworks for research on online educational discussions. In this framework, cognitive presence accounts ... -
The politics of Dissensus and Political Liberalism
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-07-20)An emerging branch of political theory, ‘the politics of dissensus’, starts out from the premise that in order to understand the politics of constitutional democracies, one needs to focus on parliamentary politics, which compromises both institutional settings and debates. Politics takes place among adversaries, and dissensus and argumentation pro et contra is the rule. The focus on the conditions ... -
From Care Ethics to Care Politics. Toward a Political Notion of Care
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2016-05-14)This thesis is an investigation into the notion of care and what role it can play for developing a concept of the political based on care. It is a systematic attempt to lay a foundation and sketch out the premises and ramifications in which a full-fledged philosophical theory of a politics of care may be grounded. In chapter I, the thesis traces the etymological and historical development of the ... -
PALS i lys av utilitarismen og kantianismen.
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2016-05-24)En moralfilosofisk undersøkelse av PALS. -
I theoria og praxis. Immanuel Kant om teorien det høyeste gode, innen etikk og religionsfilosofiens praksis
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2016-05-12)I denne thesis følger vi Immanuel Kants, 1724 – 1804, konstruktive utvikling av konseptet det høyeste gode, Höchstes Gut, i form av transcendent teoretisk idé og videre i kraft av immanent praktisk ideal, innen en total etikk og religionsfilosofi. I besvarelsen foretas en kritisk refleksjon over flere av Kants verk, i hovedsak de tre Critiques og Religionsskriftet, samt hans siste verk Opus Postumum. ... -
Den frie vilje. Den menneskelige viljes plassering i våre handlinger – ut fra den vestlige filosofi.
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2016-05-12)Har mennesket fri vilje? Dette har spørsmålet har vært diskutert fra antikken frem til i dag. Denne oppgaven har tittelen Den frie vilje – Den menneskelige viljes plassering i våre handlinger – ut fra den vestlige filosofi. Det menneskelige sinn, har helt fra Aristoteles, blitt beskrevet som at det inneholder forskjellige egenskaper. Med det har man startet på en beskrivelse av sinnet som om det ... -
Pragmatic universalism – A basis of coexistence of multiple diversities
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-02-03)The authors examine the paradigms hitherto employed to understand and regulate relations between minorities and majority: universalism, multiculturalism/differentialism and interculturalism. These theories are referring to an idea of original purity rooted in a classificatory logic that ultimately inhibits positive coexistence. The complexities of belonging and practices of translation underscore the ...
