Blar i Institutt for filosofi og religionsvitenskap på utgivelsesdato
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Experiencing the Chapel of Reconciliation - An investigation of Social and Historical Elements Influencing Experience in a Sacred Place
(Master thesis, 2017)Formål: Denne oppgaven tar for seg arkitekturen og opplevelsene folk har når de besøker forsoningskapellet i Berlin. Kapellet er situert i et minnesmerke dedikert til å huske og formidle Berlinermuren. I tillegg til å være ... -
The distant moral agent
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Among the defining characteristics of moral cosmopolitanism are the convictions that personal relations, membership in social or political organizations like local communities or nation-states are insignificant for agents ... -
Cognitive Linguistics and Religion: Surveying the Field
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Dynamic Perspectives on Defamation of Religion among Jewish NGOs
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Reflective equilibrium and moral objectivity
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Ever since the introduction of reflective equilibrium in ethics, it has been argued that reflective equilibrium either leads to moral relativism, or that it turns out to be a form of intuitionism in disguise. Despite these ... -
Value and Growth -- Rethinking basic concepts in Lockean liberalism
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)This article argues that protection of the environment requires reconsidering basic liberal ideas relating to value and growth. It selects a central thinker in the liberal tradition, John Locke, as ... -
Det spillere vil ha. Assassin’s Creeds religiøse miljø - Et dypdykk i Desmondsagaens gamevironment
(Master thesis, 2017)This thesis examines the influence of religion on the production and reception of popular video games, using the first five major installments of the Assassin’s Creed video game series as examples. Utilizing a documentary ... -
Ren - En diskursanalyse av renhetsbevegelsens seksualdiskurs
(Master thesis, 2017)This master thesis is a discourse analysis of sexual discourse in the purity movement in the USA. With focus on the main concepts in the discourse the thesis aimes to answer the following research question: How and why ... -
Training Technologies. Science, Humans and Dogs in the Age of Positive Dog Training
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)The practices of dog training influence the lives of numerous dogs and dog owners, but have not received much academic attention in terms of empirical studies. Both humans and dogs are shaped through these practices, but ... -
Equal Sovereignty: On the Conditions of Global Political Justice
(GLOBUS Research Papers;, Research report, 2017)This paper discusses the role of state sovereignty in a just global order. The point of departure is two competing conceptions of global political justice: justice as non-domination and justice ... -
Internalism and Externalism
(Chapter, 2017)This chapter understands internalism and externalism as supervenience theses, or rejections thereof. It focuses on different arguments for various kinds of externalist theses, rather than on arguments for internalism. It ... -
Våre plikter overfor dyr som våre medskapninger
(Master thesis, 2017)Peter Singers` and Tom Regans` accounts on animal ethics focus mainly on the similarities between humans and animals. Both accounts are based upon rational arguments and objectivity, and pay little or no attention to the ... -
Den medisinske selvmorderen i individualismens tid
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Artikkelen starter med en drøfting av selvmordets rasjonalitet sett fra en filosofisk synsvinkel. Deretter forklares og defineres termene «eutanasi» og «legeassistert selvmord», som begge fortolkes moralsk som former for ... -
Relational autonomy in the care of the vulnerable: Health care professionals' reasoning in Moral Case Deliberation (MCD)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)In Moral Case Deliberation (MCD), healthcare professionals discuss ethically difficult patient situations in their daily practice. There is a lack of knowledge regarding the content of MCD and there is a need to shed light ... -
Fasteperiodens rolle i den religiøse identiteten hos katolske og muslimske kvinner på Østlandet
(Master thesis, 2017)The research problem to be addressed in this thesis is “How does the religion’s and the fasting period’s traditions and values influence the religious identities of women? How do they engage with their religious practices ... -
Postscript: Recent Work on Putnam's Model-Theoretic Argument
(Chapter, 2017)During the last 15-20 years, Putnam's model-theoretic argument has no longer been a hot and fashionable topic in philosophy. It has, however, secured its place as one of three central arguments in analytic philosophy where ... -
The Effects of Extreme Rituals on Moral Behavior: the performers-observers gap hypothesis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Religious rituals are found all over the world. Some cultures engage in extreme religious rituals in which individuals take on forms of bodily harm to demonstrate their devotion. Such rituals entail excessive costs in terms ... -
Hoisted by their Own Petard: The Emergence of Sri Lankan Buddhist Printing and Counter-Christian Activities
(Journal article, 2017)This contribution describes the emergence of print technology in Sri Lanka and the role it played in shaping modern Sri Lankan Buddhism, as exemplified by the case study of the textual transmission of the Mahāvaṃsa, a ... -
Equal Sovereignty: On the Conditions of Global Political Justice
(GLOBUS Research Papers;, Research report, 2017)This paper discusses the role of state sovereignty in a just global order. The point of departure is two competing conceptions of global political justice: justice as nondomination and justice as impartiality. The former ... -
Dommedag i Waco - Amerikanske myndigheters ekspertbruk og konflikthåndtering overfor Branch Davidians
(Master thesis, 2017)This master thesis addresses the US authorities’ conflict with the Branch Davidians from the start of the investigation to the ending of the siege. The thesis is splitt into two main parts. The first concerns the Bureau ...