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Hayward, Timothy Patrick. "Philosophy and human rights." Thesis, University of Sussex, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.292558.
Full textTodes, Samuel. "The human body as material subject of the world." New York : Garland Pub, 1990. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/20828551.html.
Full textEvanson, Peter. "Being human." Thesis, University of Hull, 2001. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:13139.
Full textDu, Toit Jessica Anne. "Human-animal relationships." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14144.
Full textApeldoorn, Laurens van. "Human agency in Hobbes's moral and political philosophy." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.543598.
Full textHalim, Hazem Tawfik. "Human resource practices within the service quality philosophy." Thesis, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.391259.
Full textKarabelas, John. "Human understanding in the philosophy of R.G. Collingwood." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2009. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/54884/.
Full textCessario, Anthony F. "A paradoxical philosophy on human culture & sustainability /." View abstract, 2001. http://library.ccsu.edu/ccsu%5Ftheses/showit.php3?id=1638.
Full textThesis advisor: Gavro Altman. " ... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in International Studies." Includes bibliographical references (leaf [73]). Also available via the World Wide Web.
Lee, Ho Young. "Dai Zhen's ethical philosophy of the human being." Thesis, SOAS, University of London, 2006. http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/28811/.
Full textZakatistovs, Atis. "Hume's science of human nature." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/9839.
Full textLaub, H. Joan. "Transformation of human agency." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/32276.
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Khatib, Michael. "The examination of certain theories of human perfection in relation to their authors' valuation of human materiality." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/nq26129.pdf.
Full textPearce, Timothy James. "Transcendence and the human situation." Thesis, Lancaster University, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.305916.
Full textWagoner, Robert Stephen. "Curing Human Misery: A Study of Seneca's Moral Philosophy." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/202933.
Full textWoods, Julian F. (Julian Forster). "Destiny and human initiative in the Mahābhārata." Thesis, McGill University, 1993. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=41174.
Full textThe analysis concludes that the question can only be resolved in the context of epic ideas about the nature of the human being. But humanity is simply a stage in the spiritual evolution of all life towards the realization of the unity of existence as the manifestation of a Supreme Person (paramapurusa; purusottama) or a Supreme Self (paramatman). Souls (atmans) are embodied as human beings at the stage when consciousness develops into the self-consciousness of an ego (ahamkara), which arrogates to itself the notion of self-determination or "freedom." In reality, however, the soul is not free but trapped in a cycle of rebirth, which can be broken only by the abandonment of all notion of agency, action and control over the fruits of the action. The epic therefore operates at two levels. In terms of the mundane tasks and responsibilities of daily life, particularly the responsibilities of the king, the human being is regarded as enjoying a modicum of freedom and self-determination to chart the course of his or her future evolution. From the higher perspective of the unity of all life, however, this self-concept is inherently flawed. The actions of such a being spring from unconscious motives prompted by the higher purposes that govern the course of the cosmos as a whole.
Tighe, Alexander. "The Philosophy of Human Rights: Its Role in Global Justice. What can we learn from a clash between a philosopher and an historian?" Thesis, Department of Philosophy, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/19006.
Full textBaird, James Oscar. "Human rationality as evidence for theism." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.316715.
Full textWalter, Mary Ann Ph D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Repetition avoidance in human language." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/41694.
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Repetition is avoided in countless human languages and at a variety of grammatical levels. In this dissertation I ask what it is that makes repetition so bad. I propose that at least three distinct biases against repetition exist. First, repetition of articulatory gestures is relatively difficult. This difficulty results in phonetic variation that may lead to categorical phonological avoidance. I call this set of claims the Biomechanical Repetition Avoidance Hypothesis (BRAH), and support it with evidence from cross-linguistic patterns in repetition avoidance phenomena, articulatory data from music performance, and a series of phonetic experiments that document the proposed types of phonetic variation. Based on these data, I give an evolutionary account for antigemination in particular. The second anti-repetition bias is a perceptual deficit causing speakers not to perceive one of a sequence of repeated items, of any conceptual category. This bias is already well-documented, as are the grammatical effects (primarily haplology). I provide here the evidence of gradient variation in production bridging the two, from avoidance of homophone sequences in English corpora. The third factor is a principle disallowing the repetition of syntactic features in certain configurations within a phase domain. I document categorical effects of it in Semitic syntax of possession and relativization. These elicit repair strategies superficially similar to those of phonology (specifically, deletion and epenthesis/insertion). Repetition effects, then, are traceable to a variety of independent, functional biases. This argues against a unitary, innate constraint against repetition. Rather, multiple anti-repetition biases result in particular avoidance patterns, with their intersection producing additional asymmetries. Possible categorical repairs are further constrained by the nature of the formal grammatical system.
by Mary Ann Walter.
Ph.D.
Holland, Sean Jamison. "Two approaches to human rights." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/55179.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 99-100).
Contemporary philosophy of human rights is dominated by two seemingly opposed approaches. This dissertation is concerned with the choice between them. The traditional approach to human rights is characterized by the belief that human rights are moral rights that all human beings possess simply in virtue of their humanity. The political approach to human rights is characterized by the belief that human rights are those rights that possess an essential political function. Each approach faces a unique challenge, and attending to how each challenge is met reveals that the two approaches are more similar than first supposed. However, there remains an important difference between the two approaches regarding the concept of a human right. I argue that the conceptual claim made by the political approach is false. In Chapter One I focus on the traditional approach to human rights. It has an unclear connection to the existing international political discourse and practice of human rights. I call the challenge for the traditional approach the demand of taking the practice seriously. I argue that the traditional account can do so in at least three important ways that demand might be understood. In satisfying this demand, the traditional approach is shown to be in agreement with the political approach in an important way. In Chapter Two I focus on the political approach to human rights. In focusing on the existing political practice of human rights, the political approach can appear overly descriptive in nature. Its challenge is to account for the distinctive moral authority of human rights.
(cont.) I call this challenge the normativity challenge and I argue that the political approach has an effective answer to this concern. However, that answer is indistinguishable from that offered by the traditional approach. Thus, the political approach is shown to be in agreement with the traditional approach in an important way. However, there is an important difference between the two approaches. The political approach ties the concept of a human right to a distinctive political function. The traditional approach rejects this conceptual claim. In Chapter Three I argue that the political approach's conceptual claim is false.
by Sean Jamison Holland.
Ph.D.
Monteagudo, Valdez Cecilia. "Subjectivity and the Human Sciences in Wilhelm Dilthey." Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú - Departamento de Humanidades, 2013. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/112920.
Full textEn el marco de algunos temas diltheyanos como la historicidad, la finitud y la inefabilidad de todas las producciones humanas, el artículo se propone abordar la problemática del sujeto en relación con las ciencias del espíritu (Geisteswissenschaften), las que, concebidas como formas de autorreflexión de la propia vida histórica, ponen en evidencia un sujeto obligado a redefinir sus posibilidades cognoscitivas. Esta tarea conduce a Dilthey al planteamiento de una propuesta hermenéutica, cuyo valor fundamental radica en no haber eludido la facticidad y temporalidad propias de la vida, y en haberlas planteado como ámbitos donde toda actividad intelectual encuentra sus límites y la apertura de nuevas posibilidades de sentido.
Kretschmer, Fritz Martin. "Sentimentalism : a human analysis of moral belief." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.321786.
Full textDegortes, Jeanne. "Cartography and the human relation to space." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Filosofiska institutionen, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-446821.
Full textBurwood, Stephen Anthony. "Towards a dialectical understanding of human embodiment." Thesis, University of Hull, 1995. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:15293.
Full textBarnard, Helen. "Nature, human nature and value : a study in environmental philosophy." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2006. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/54314/.
Full textSkorburg, Joshua August. "Human Nature and Intelligence: The Implications of John Dewey's Philosophy." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1333663233.
Full textBrowne, Brynmor Tudor Davidson. "Human action and responsibility." Thesis, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.683115.
Full textFarmer, Linda L. "Matter and the human body according to Thomas Aquinas." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/nq26115.pdf.
Full textEtinson, Adam. "Human rights and the problem of ethnocentrism." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2011. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:c1a851e2-cca5-4ccc-9c62-97d0ead23392.
Full textMercer, Jr Ronald Lynn. "THE INFINITE AS ORIGINATIVE OF THE HUMAN AS HUMAN: A TRANSCENDENTAL PHENOMENOLOGICAL EXPLICATION OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF EMMANUEL LEVINAS." UKnowledge, 2007. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/gradschool_diss/484.
Full textNajder-Stefaniak, K. "Ethical dimension of management of human activity and of human work results." Thesis, Сумський державний університет, 2014. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/34304.
Full textYiannakis, Eleni. "Human reproductive cloning community, identity, stability : reinventing creation." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape9/PQDD_0020/MQ55112.pdf.
Full textGlass, Jeffrey E. "Corrupt princes| Kant and Fichte on human evil." Thesis, Indiana University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1557364.
Full textKant and Fichte's respective accounts of evil share many similarities. This paper seeks to determine if and identify where the two accounts diverge. Due to the systematic nature of German Idealist writing, it is impossible to compare the relevant doctrines of Kant and Fichte and passages in a vacuum. Each explanation belongs to a broader account of evil which itself fits into an even more expansive moral philosophy. Thus, the paper has two goals, one belonging to history of philosophy, the other to moral philosophy. The former involves analyzing the differences that exist between the accounts of evil provided by Kant in Part One of Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason and Fichte in section 16 of his System of Ethics. The latter furthers our understanding of self-conceit by comparing Kant and Fichte's explanations of this evil disposition. Ultimately, Fichte's account helps to explain the Kantian doctrine taken from Rousseau of 'unsociable sociability.'
Abdul-Matin, Karim (Ishmawil Karim). "Is there a human right to democracy?" Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/39142.
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My dissertation asks whether there is a human right to democracy. This is a difficult question, not least because there is no consensus about either what democracy requires or how to interpret human rights. The introduction aims to alleviate these sources of confusion about the question itself, in addition to presenting the main arguments in favor of a human right to democracy, and my rationale to focus more narrowly on a question of toleration. The main discussions are organized around the idea that if democratic peoples should tolerate undemocratic peoples, then a human right to democracy does not exist. Part 1 uses discussions about corporate agency and the conditions of corporate responsibility to argue that a group's capacity for responsible collective agency depends on four things: its ability to form collective intentions, an internal culture that orients the formation of personal intentions to act in accordance with those collective intentions, agents authorized to act (vicariously) for the group, and an effective internal practice of public accountability. I also suggest reasons why it is sometimes appropriate for a collective entity to authorize the agents acting on its behalf to use coercion.
(cont.) Part 2 uses these ideas of responsible collective agency and the grounds of legitimate coercion to interpret Rawls's idea of a people as a normative conception of collective self-determination. I explain why a people (in Rawls's sense) meets the four conditions of responsible collective agency, why democracy is not necessarily required for collective self-determination, and also why a people's government should possess coercive authority. Part 3 addresses directly whether democratic peoples should tolerate undemocratic peoples. Traditionally, theorizing about toleration tends to focus on the domestic relations of a given society, and is thus not clearly relevant to questions of toleration among peoples. Therefore, the bulk of Part 3 is devoted to developing an idea of international toleration. Based on this idea of international toleration, and the value of the self-determination of peoples, I argue that democratic peoples should tolerate undemocratic peoples. I conclude that a human right to democracy does not exist.
by Karim Abdul-Matin.
Ph.D.
Tabone, Mark A. "Politics and Phenomenology of Embodiment in Adrienne Kennedy, Claudia Rankine, and Nicole Brossard." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2009. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/TaboneMA2009.pdf.
Full textLinzey, Andrew. "The neglected creature : the doctrine of the non-human creation and its relationship with the human in the thought of Karl Barth." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 1986. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/the-neglected-creature--the-doctrine-of-the-nonhuman-creation-and-its-relationship-with-the-human-in-the-thought-of-karl-barth(0eae558b-1f79-465c-82b7-0f5bf325292b).html.
Full textThompson, Ashley E. "Equus in the moon| A re-membering of the horse-human relationship." Thesis, Pacifica Graduate Institute, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3686809.
Full textThe relationship between horse and human has been one of mystery and deep fascination for ages, inspiring countless myths, works of art, dreams, and an entire other world of equine obsessed humans who center their lives around their horses. This research explores, through imaginal, embodied, narrative, and intuitive inquiry methods, the complexities of this trans-species relationship. The purpose of this embodied autoethnographic inquiry is to inspire a different way of imagining the individuation process as it occurs in the context of the horse-human relationship. Through this transformative process the authentic Self has the opportunity to evolve to a more integrated state of consciousness that is informed by the immersion in a trans-species engagement, which challenges human bias and anthropocentric psychological theory.
Questioning and re-imagining our ways of relating across species lines, the ego becomes the apprentice of an in-between realm that is created when horse and human engage. The integration of such trans-species experiences between horse and human challenges psychological constructs that are centered around individualism and anthropocentrism. A re-visioning of the psychological concept of dream animals, their purpose, symbolism, and autonomy are explored through a discussion of accounts of dreaming with horses, creating an interinforming reality between dreaming and waking worlds, and apprenticing the ego through dreaming experiences. Through the interfaces of horse and human, the body is awakened to a new way of being in the world and the deeply imbedded construct of dualistic modes of experiencing is challenged through the dismemberment of old ways of being. From this place of dismemberment, a new imagining of riding through an exploration of archetypal image and the deconstruction of popular assumption is reached, with careful consideration on behalf of Equus. Taking into consideration the fact that our lives are intricately interwoven with other than human species, this research calls for the integration of a trans-species ethic within depth psychology with the hope of re-conceptualizing the ultimate importance of a more harmonious human-animal relationship.
Horne, Milton P. "Theodicy and the problem of human surrender in Job." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.306733.
Full textPilsner, Joseph. "The specification of human actions in St. Thomas Aquinas." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.310103.
Full textMcLeish, Alastair. "Human potentiality in the early writings of Karl Marx." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.261349.
Full textBellini, Ligia. "Representations of the human body in sixteenth-century Portugal." Thesis, University of Essex, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.293594.
Full textSmart, Paul M. "Mill and Marx : human nature, the individual and freedom." Thesis, Keele University, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.291013.
Full textUrbain, Olivier. "Daisaku Ikeda's philosophy of peace : human revolution, dialogue and global civilization." Thesis, University of Bradford, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/3354.
Full textMartins, Nuno Miguel Ornelas. "Philosophy and methodology of A.K. Sen's capability approach to human development." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.614178.
Full textMoyer, Derek Harley 1981. "The Priority of the Human in the Philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/10704.
Full textEmmanuel Levinas has recently been given much attention for the resources that his writing could provide for an ethics of the non-human. While some commentators dismiss the humanistic biases of Levinas' analyses in favor of expanded sites of application, others argue that Levinas' anthropocentrism is central to his philosophy. This debate is resolved by demonstrating that Levinas' analysis oflanguage and separation in Totality and Infinity is an analysis of the hW11an on!.v. For Levinas, ethics signifies the peculiar way ofbeing in the world that is found in the site of the human. This way of being in the world is the emergence of concems about justice, the emergence of reason and discourse, but it does not restrict moral consideration to hwnans. Despite Levinas' own tendency to align the non-human animal against the ethical, there is nothing in Levinas' analysis that prevents granting full moral consideration to the non-human.
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Eachus, Jacqueline. "D.H. Lawrence's Philosophy of Human Relationships as Seen in Four Novels." TopSCHOLAR®, 1987. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/2276.
Full textBower, Matthew Scott. "Ecological Reconstruction: Pragmatism and the More-Than-Human Community." Toledo, Ohio : University of Toledo, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=toledo1271349036.
Full textTypescript. "Submitted to the Graduate Faculty as partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Arts Degree in Philosophy." "A thesis entitled"--at head of title. Title from title page of PDF document. Bibliography: p. 80-87.
Armstrong, Barbara. "Instructed human imagining behavior effectiveness for reducing experimentally induced learned helplessness." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/5187.
Full textFarmer, Linda. "'Esse' and human individuation in the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/7849.
Full textWilkin, Peter John. "Noam Chomsky : on knowledge, human nature and freedom." Thesis, University of Southampton, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.295569.
Full textRobins, Dan. "The debate over human nature in warring states China." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2001. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B29872388.
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