Torbjörn Tännsjö - Böcker

I denna första del av Torbjörn Tännsjös intellektuella memoar beskriver han sin uppväxt och filosofiska utveckling som ung vänsterradikal student. Han lägger särskild tonvikt vid den politiska filosofin och den normativa etiken, områden där han ha...

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Om inget görs, kanske mänskligheten snart har utplånat sig själv. Vare sig det gäller den globala upphettningen, krig och konflikter eller de ständigt växande klyftorna mellan fattig och rik krävs en radikal förändring – så att vi hamnar på ...

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  Torbjörn Tännsjös breda engagemang och orädda åsikter har gjort honom till en välkänd, men ofta omstridd, röst i den svenska debatten. Här fördjupar och nyanserar han sina resonemang i flera känsliga frågor och ger sin syn på kontroverserna...

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Hur bör vi handla? Vad kräver moralen av oss? Grundbok i normativ etik introducerar och diskuterar, med många exempel, de viktigaste försöken att på ett systematisk sätt besvara dessa frågor. Utilitarism, pliktetik, rättighetsteorier, dygdetik och...

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Om inget görs, kanske mänskligheten snart har utplånat sig själv. Vare sig det gäller den globala upphettningen, krig och konflikter eller de ständigt växande klyftorna mellan fattig och rik krävs en radikal förändring - så att vi hamnar på rätt k...

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I denna bok ställer TorbjörnTännsjö utmanande frågor om användningen av tvång inom sjukvården och socialtjänsten. Utgångspunkten är en grundläggande respekt för individens autonomi vid beslut om vård. Boken diskuterar svåra etiska problem, men för...

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Kan filosofin trösta den som tänker med förtvivlan på att hon skall dö? Torbjörn Tännsjö diskuterar några förslag till tröst som filosofer velat erbjuda oss. Några av dem underkänner han såsom föreställningar om ett liv efter döden eller tanken at...

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Spänner över hela det medicinska och socialpolitiska fältet: (1) Vårdetik som tillämpad etik; (2) Nyttotänkande i vården; (3) Livets mening; (4) Autonomi; (5) Tvång i vården; (6) Rättvisa; (7) Människosyn, fri vilja och moraliskt ansvar.

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When and why is it right to kill? When and why is it wrong? Torbjörn Tännsjö examines three theories on the ethics of killing in this book: deontology, a libertarian moral rights theory, and utilitarianism. The implications of each theory are work...

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When and why is it right to kill? When and why is it wrong? Torbjörn Tännsjö examines three theories on the ethics of killing in this book: deontology, a libertarian moral rights theory, and utilitarianism. The implications of each theory are work...

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When and why is it right to kill? When and why is it wrong? Torbjorn Tannsjo examines three theories on the ethics of killing in this book: deontology, a libertarian moral rights theory, and utilitarianism. The implications of each theory are work...

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When and why is it right to kill? When and why is it wrong? Torbjorn Tannsjo examines three theories on the ethics of killing in this book: deontology, a libertarian moral rights theory, and utilitarianism. The implications of each theory are work...

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With much of the world's population facing restricted access to adequate medical care, how to allocate scarce health-care resources is a pressing question for governments, hospitals, and individuals. How do we decide where funding for health-care ...

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With much of the world's population facing restricted access to adequate medical care, how to allocate scarce health-care resources is a pressing question for governments, hospitals, and individuals. How do we decide where funding for health-care ...

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With much of the world's population facing restricted access to adequate medical care, how to allocate scarce health-care resources is a pressing question for governments, hospitals, and individuals. How do we decide where funding for health-care ...

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Coercive Care asks probing and challenging questions regarding the use of coercion in health care and the social services. The book combines philosophical analysis with comparative studies of social policy and law in a large number of industrializ...

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Will the genetic design of athletes destroy sport ? or will it lead to a new and extraordinary age of athletic achievement? Exploring a new territory in sport and ethics, this edited collection contains some of the best new writing that has emerge...

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Will the genetic design of athletes destroy sport ? or will it lead to a new and extraordinary age of athletic achievement? Exploring a new territory in sport and ethics, this edited collection contains some of the best new writing that has emerge...

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The book aims to establish a critical dialogue between sports ethicists and bioethicists across the range of sporting disciplines at elite level. It will address questions such as: are the increasingly intrusive testing methods of elite sports com...

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The book aims to establish a critical dialogue between sports ethicists and bioethicists across the range of sporting disciplines at elite level. It will address questions such as: are the increasingly intrusive testing methods of elite sports com...

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How will sport keep pace with current scientific and biological advances? Is the possibility of the 'bionic athlete' that far away and is this notion as bad as it might first appear? Is our fascination with sport winners fascistoid? Questions such...

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How will sport keep pace with current scientific and biological advances? Is the possibility of the 'bionic athlete' that far away and is this notion as bad as it might first appear? Is our fascination with sport winners fascistoid? Questions such...

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Is world government the answer to pressing global issues such as war, global injustices and environmental problems? Torbjorn Tannsjo presents the case for this idea. The notion of a sovereign world government has been defended in the past by philo...

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This is an introduction to moral theory for new students of ethics. How can we find true or reasonable moral principles to live our everyday lives by? Torbjorn Tannsjo presents 7 radically different moral theories, each of which attempts to provid...

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Is moral knowledge possible? In this book, Torbjorn Tannsjo provides a concise introduction to modern discussions about this question and offers a strong and controversial defense of the theory of moral realism. The author clearly and concisely de...

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A world-class collection of writers from the very top of their fields, both from the academic and the sports administration communitiesThis is a subject that is set to provoke much debate in the world of sport, and in bio-ethics more generallyThis...

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A world-class collection of writers from the very top of their fields, both from the academic and the sports administration communitiesThis is a subject that is set to provoke much debate in the world of sport, and in bio-ethics more generallyThis...

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Coercive Care asks probing and challenging questions regarding the use of coercion in health care and the social services. The book combines philosophical analysis with comparative studies of social policy and law in a large number of industrializ...

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Coercive Care asks probing and challenging questions regarding the use of coercion in health care and the social services. The book combines philosophical analysis with comparative studies of social policy and law in a large number of industrializ...

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