Browsing Institutt for filosofi og religionsvitenskap by Title
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«A good Jew is in the IDF!»: A study of the role of religion in a military universe of meaning
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2010:211, Doctoral thesis, 2010) -
A Methodological Framework for Developing More Just Footprints: The Contribution of Footprints to Environmental Policies and Justice
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)The rapid growth of human population and associated industrialisation creates strains on resources and climate. One way to understand the impact of human activity is to quantify the total environmental pressures by measuring ... -
A response to the current debate about the question of legalising abortion in Uganda
(Master thesis, 2010) -
Acceptable attitudes and the limits of tolerance: Understanding public attitudes to conscientious objection in healthcare
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background The public’s attitudes to conscientious objection (CO) are likely to influence political decisions about CO and trust towards healthcare systems and providers. Few studies examine the public’s attitudes in an ... -
Accurate Knowledge: Implications of ‘Lived Islamic Theology’ for the Academic Study of Islamic Disciplines
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)This article discusses the relationship between, on the one hand, the academic study of Islamic disciplines within university faculties of humanities and theology, including religious studies, and, on the other, ‘lived ... -
An international consensus definition of the wish to hasten death and its related factors
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Background The desire for hastened death or wish to hasten death (WTHD) that is experienced by some patients with advanced illness is a complex phenomenon for which no widely accepted definition exists. This lack of a ... -
Anti-corruption measures in the business sector - Virtue ethical perspectives
(Master thesis, 2015)Korrupsjon er en av vår tids største utfordringer. Det er ikke bare urettferdig på individnivå, da det innebærer at folk beriker seg på andres bekostning, det er også ødeleggende på samfunnsnivå. Korrupsjon fører med seg ... -
Anti-representasjonalisme og realisme
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Artikkelen er en kritisk diskusjon av Hubert Dreyfus og Charles Taylors bok Retrieving Realism fra 2015. Artikkelens sentrale anliggende er hvordan vi best skal forstå ideen om «anti-representasjonalistisk» filosofi, og ... -
Antikapitalismens ømme punkt?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2005)Tredje venstre. For en radikal individualisme av Magnus Marsdal og Bendik Wold er blitt behørig omtalt i pressen, og forfatterne har forsvart sine synspunkter i en rekke debattinnlegg. Anmeldere har karakterisert utgivelsen ... -
Appreciation through use: How industrial technology articulates an ecology of values around Norwegian seaweed
(Journal article, 2018)This paper offers a moral history of the industrialisation of seaweed harvesting in Norway. Industrialisation is often seen as degrading natural resources. Ironically, we argue, it is precisely the scale and scope of ... -
Attitudes towards assisted dying are influenced by question wording and order: a survey experiment
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Background: Surveys on attitudes towards assisted dying play an important role in informing public debate, policy and legislation. Unfortunately, surveys are often designed with insufficient attention to framing effects; ... -
«Å bli til i det å bli sett». Om sammenvevingen av det etiske og det estetiske i Trondheims minnepark for 22. juli-ofrene
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Artikkelen er en fenomenologisk og hermeneutisk betraktning av Trondheims minnepark for 22. juli-ofrene. Bakgrunnen ligger i et etisk moment av hermeneutisk selvkritikk, som utspilte seg i storsamfunnets reaksjoner på ... -
Å være lærer i interkulturell kontekst: Om dialogens betydning for lærerkompetansen
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2012:35, Doctoral thesis, 2012) -
Back to the Future: The potential of Intergenerational Justice for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The establishment of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) bolstered momentum to achieve a sustainable future. Undeniably, the welfare of future generations is a fundamental value of sustainable development since the ... -
Between Darwin and the Devil: Modern Satanism as Discourse, Milieu, and Self
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2011:245, Doctoral thesis, 2011) -
Between science and society: the role of scientific expertise in conflict management
(Master thesis, 2009) -
Beyond the West: Towards a New Comparativism in the Study of Esotericism
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)This article has two main objectives: 1) to account for the relation between definitions, boundaries and comparison in the study of “esotericism” in a systematic manner; 2) to argue for an expansion of comparative research ... -
Body, Nature and the Phenomenological Perspective
(Master thesis, 2019)I denne avhandlingen utforsker jeg materialiseringen av fenomener, forståelse av natur og menneskets rolle i samspillet mellom verden og mening i lys av Jane Bennetts og Karen Barads nymaterialisme og Maurice-Merleau-Pontys ... -
Can Fictional Superhuman Agents have Mental States?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)According to Deborah Tollefsen, from the analytic perspective called “interpretivism”, there is a reasonable way in which groups can be said to have mental states. She bases her argument on the every-day use of language, ... -
Centre and Periphery of Nano: A Norwegian Context
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)