Browsing Masters Degrees (Philosophy) by Title
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Naar analogie van schaduwen aan de wand : een wijsgerige interpretatie van 'de schaduw als kunstwerk' aan de hand van Plato's grotvergelijking
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this thesis, 'shadow' is investigated as an object of thought and (analogically connected to this) of perception. This dialectical process is structured through means of a series of experiments and ... -
On depiction and expression : two essays in philosophical aesthetics
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis consists of two essays, each focussing on a current topic in aesthetics in the tradition of analytic philosophy. First paper (On depiction) Given broad consensus that resemblance theories ... -
Organisational culture and structure as mechanisms for the reduction of human behavioural variability at the Merged Faculty of Education of the University of Kwazulu Natal (UKZN)
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2008-03)The merger of organisations has been extensively utilised in many industries. This has occurred globally and locally. Some mergers have become successful while others have failed to achieve their goals. The failure of ... -
The other before us? : a Deleuzean critique of phenomenological intersubjectivity
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2005-12)This study seeks to give a philosophical account of, and justification for the intuition that subjectivity is not a stable “Archimedean point” on the basis of which an intersubjective relation can be founded, but is ... -
Otherness matters: Beauvoir, Hegel and the ethics of recognition
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study critically explores the meaning of difference in continental philosophy. Concomitantly, it reflects on the norm, with regard to, firstly, the authorities within the philosophical community who ... -
Our complex world : understanding it, living in it, sustaining it
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: We live in a complex world. We have questions and face problems that defy conventional reductionist approaches to finding answers and solutions. This is because we find ourselves dealing with complex ... -
Outonomie versus sorg in die behandeling van alkohol-afhanklikheid : etiese perspektiewe
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The community of the Western Cape carries the burden of the serious consequences of alcohol addiction. Alcohol abuse is very common and the consequences range from severe to devastating, not just for ... -
Perspectives of different stakeholders about mental health care services provided by traditional healers in Ghana and the possibility of the integration of traditional medicine into mental health care
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: There is recognition that despite technological advancement and increase in expenditure in formal health care services, the popularity of traditional healing services has remained very high. This is ... -
n Postmoderne uitdaging aan die 'paradigmale biomediese etiek model' met verwysing na kompleksiteitsteorie
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Introduction From the postmodern ethical perspective [the postmodernist would say Jrom the ethical perspective], there is something suspicious and inherently unethical in a system of ethics supported ... -
Postmodernism and the dilemma of an appropriate Christian paradigm for ethical descision making
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Church is facing a dilemma in how to apply and live out its message in a postmodern world. For many in the Church an understanding and application of morals and ethics has become bewildering. This ... -
Poststructural approach to the abortion dilemma
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Moral theories often view the problem of abortion as oppositional: either fiercely "pro-life" or adamantly "pro-choice". A closer view at their respective arguments suggests that extreme polar views ... -
Poststructural ethics and the possibility of a general ethical theory
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study is concerned with the possibility and characterisation of poststructural ethics and the ethics of general theories. It contains a review of selected readings on Modernity and provides a ... -
Poverty and the role of business
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2008-03)As poverty continues to impact billions of people across the world – to the extent that millions die daily simply because they are too poor to live – there is a pressing ethical question to ask: Who, if anyone, should be ... -
Poverty, spirits and sommunity : explorations in intercultural philosophy
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009-03)The Philosophy of Poverty and the Ethics of Ubuntu The question posed in this article is if and how the ethics of ubuntu could play a role in poverty eradication in a capitalist economic system. I address this question ... -
Power in the physician-patient relationship
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This paper examines aspects of power within the physicianpatient relationship. The historical development of the physician-patient relationship is briefly reviewed and some of the complexities of the ... -
The principle of respect for autonomy and the sterilization of people with intellectual disabilities
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The implementation of eugenic policies reached its peak during the zo" century when thousands of people with intellectual disabilities and other "undesirable qualities" were involuntary sterilized. ... -
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 – ... -
Public health policy in resource allocation: the role of ubuntu ethics in redressing resource disparity between public and private healthcare in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis under the title “Public Health Policy in Resource Allocation: the Role of Ubuntu Ethics in Redressing Resource Disparity between Public and Private Healthcare in South Africa” explores health ... -
Raising ethical issues in the dead: an exploration of ethical challenges in Forensic Medicine
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY: This dissertation explores ethical challenges in the forensic medicine field. Pivotal to forensic pathology are the deceased and the medico-legal investigation. The unique relationship between forensic ... -
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: ...
