Masters Degrees (Philosophy)
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Games of truth in the age of transparency: international organisations and the construction of corruption
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY: The objective in this thesis is to analyse the role that the anti-corruption industry plays in international governance and in the administration of states. The anti-corruption industry has expanded ...
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Justice as fairness and property rights: beyond property-owning democracy
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY: The aim of this thesis is to place the debate about the relationship between property rights and justice as fairness on a new footing. I begin by exploring Rawls’s argument that justice as fairness is ...
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Towards responsible leadership in the financial planning industry in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The financial services industry in South Africa has, for some time now, seen sweeping changes take place. Many of these changes have been driven by the Legislatures. Similarly, financial products have ...
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Moral perspectives on the problem of elective D/deafness
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: As empirical knowledge is progressing within the field of genomic medicine, the scope of medical treatments that are able to diagnose, cure or prevent disability widen and as a result, the questions ...
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Gogo the sangoma : an initiation into biography writing
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2010-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation is a study in the field of life writing. It is a biography. It also tracks the relationship between Gogo, an elderly Christian Xhosa sangoma (sacred specialist / ‘traditional healer’), ...
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An investigation of the libertarian philosophy, applied to business ethics
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Libertarianism, as a broad philosophy and frame of thinking, is concerned with one core concept, that of personal liberty; specifically, the liberty of each person to live according to her own choices, ...
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Moral relevance of oaths, declarations and codes in modern medicine
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Oaths, declarations and codes are seen as moral guides to which physicians can subscribe in the daily practice of medicine. Due to events since the Second World War, the World Medical Association was ...
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Funksie en doel in lewende organismes: uit die perspektief van kompleksiteitsdenkers en biologie-filosowe
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this thesis is to revisit and rethink the two concepts: function and purpose. These two concepts are often confused with each other and are sometimes even used synonymously. I find this ...
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The problem of political legitimacy : a comparative analysis of the theories of John Rawls and Seyla Benhabib
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this thesis is twofold: In the first place, I aim to define the main features of the problem of political legitimacy – understood as the normative justification of a governing regime – ...
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Ethical aspects of genetic information about hereditary cancer syndromes
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The practice of medicine is constantly changing as technology enables us to redefine our understanding of the pathophysiological basis of disease. These new medical techniques and technologies often raise ...
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Closing the gap : exploring edentulism through Norman Daniels’ approach to health and healthcare
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Statistics from the Western Cape Department of Oral and Dental Health Services show an alarming decrease in the construction of dentures by dentists working at state health facilities. In addition, ...
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The moral community and moral consideration : a pragmatic approach
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this thesis is to argue for a new metric for determining the moral status of another being. Determining this status is of foundational importance in a number of legal, political, and ethical ...
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Delinearizing the insuperable line : deconstruction as an animal ethic
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Jacques Derrida’s The Animal that Therefore I Am published posthumously first in France (2006) and then translated in English (2008) has potentially become one of the most powerful philosophical discourses ...
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The refugee as citizen : the possibility of political membership in a cosmopolitan world
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this thesis is to determine what responsibilities democratic states have toward refugees. This problem is stated within the broader framework of the tension inherent in all democratic states: ...
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Ethical issues in pre-eclampsia : hurry up and wait
(2014-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Pre-eclampsia is a common and dangerous condition of pregnancy. During clinical care the sensitive obstetrician will frequently recognise moral ambiguity and ethical conflicts. It is important to understand ...
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The morality of transhumanism : assessing human dignity arguments
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The transhumanist movement propounds the view that the evolution of humanity must be extricated from the contingencies of blind natural selection and actively directed by human beings themselves, utilising ...
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Towards a convincing account of intention
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis has two aims. The first is to assess the cogency of the three most influential theories of intention – namely those of Elizabeth Anscombe, Donald Davidson and Michael Bratman. I identify five ...
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Ethical considerations surrounding Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) in South Africa as an intervention for HIV prevention
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In efforts to combat the global HIV/AIDS pandemic, the WHO/UNAIDS published the Joint Strategic Action Framework to Accelerate the Scale-up of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention in ...
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Ethical aspects of traditional male circumcision among certain ethnic groups in South Africa : the grounds for change and societal intervention
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Traditional male circumcision (TMC) is non-therapeutic ritual removal of the penile foreskin of a male person undertaken as part of a rite of passage from childhood into adulthood and manhood. The ...
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Identity formation : a key to transforming teaching and learning
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This paper proposes a possible solution to the current state of education in South African public schools, notably the underperforming schools. It uses various international studies, namely the Progress ...
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Dual obligations in clinical forensic medicine
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis discusses ethical dilemmas faced by district surgeons in South Africa. District surgeons render clinical forensic services, which means that they deal mainly with detainees and victims of ...
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Die kompleksiteit van menswees in geneeskunde : 'n krities-filosofiese ondersoek
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The dehumanising of human beings which often underpins western medicine lead to this study. Moreover a predominant mechanistic and reductionist view of a human being necessitated a philosophical investigation ...
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Exploring ethical challenges, climate change and implications on land and water use within the agricultural sector of the Garden Route, Western Cape, South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Climate change creates both risks and opportunities worldwide. By understanding, planning for and adapting to a changing climate, individuals and societies can take advantage of these opportunities and ...
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Leadership placement in organisations : a Drathian perspective
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: One school of thought on leadership propounds the idea that the individual leader is the source of leadership through personal dominance and intellectual influence. However, organisations are operating ...
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Addressing the problem of sexual violence in South Africa : a philosophical analysis of equality and sexual difference in the constitution and the new sexual offences act
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this thesis, the South African legal system's attempt to address sexual violence is explored through the lens of the work of the French feminist philosopher, Luce Irigaray. It will be argued that the ...
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The limits of virtue theory in business ethics
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The overall aim of this study is to establish the implications, effectiveness and limitations of making Aristotelian virtue theory a meta-theory of business. The study intends to test what the business ...
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A study of research in the Faculty of Military Science, Stellenbosch University 1990-2009
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The changing higher education environment in South Africa has led to a greater emphasis being placed on research production at universities. Currently Stellenbosch University is one of only a handful ...
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Justice, entitlement and inheritance : exploring theoretical grounds for the rectification of manifest injustices through an analysis of inheritance
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis explores the possibility of promoting social justice through the direct confrontation and rectification of manifest injustices in our existing social institutions and practices, as opposed ...
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Framed communities : translating the State of the Nation
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Every year, the South African President delivers a State of the Nation Address. This speech provides him with the opportunity to raise his opinion on the current state of affairs in the country. As can ...
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Animal Liberation : 'n kritiese bespreking vanuit 'n filosofies-veekundige perspektief
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: 1. The purpose of the first chapter was to give a short introduction to the study. Philosophy is the search for wisdom; to know what a virtuous life is and to know what the morally correct thing to do ...
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