Philosophy Theses: Recent submissions

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    • The role of emotion-arousal in Aristotle’s Rhetoric 

      Dow, Jamie P.G. (University of St Andrews, 2008-06-25) - Thesis
      The principal claim defended in this thesis is that for Aristotle arousing the emotions of others can amount to giving them proper grounds for conviction, and hence a skill in doing so is properly part of an expertise in ...

    • A critical discussion of Jonathan Dancy's moral particularism 

      Schwind, Philipp (University of St Andrews, 2007) - Thesis
      'Moral Particularism' is a view that questions the role of principles in ethics. Jonathan Dancy, the most eminent particularist, argues that principles which claim that it is right or wrong to do a certain thing in all ...

    • Conceptual room for ontic vagueness 

      Barnes, Elizabeth (University of St Andrews, 2007-06-20) - Thesis
      This thesis is a systematic investigation of whether there might be conceptual room for the idea that the world itself might be vague, independently of how we describe it. This idea – the existence of so-called ontic ...

    • "Why should I be moral?" : a critical assessment of three contemporary attempts to give an extra-moral justification of moral conduct 

      Pedersen, Johnnie R. R. (University of St Andrews, 2007-06-20) - Thesis
      In this dissertation I consider three distinct attempts to answer the normative question “Why should I be moral?”, all of which assume that a successful answer must be capable of arguing someone who is currently not motivated ...

    • Global distributive justice 

      Hanisch, Christoph (University of St Andrews, 2007-06-22) - Thesis
      This dissertation is concerned with the moral-philosophical dimensions of global poverty and inequality. The first chapter argues in favour of justice-based – contrasted with beneficence-based – obligations asking the ...