Department of Philosophy

"Die pot kook oral" : NP van Wyk Louw, Johannes Degenaar en Afrikaanse dekolonisering

Du Toit, Louise (Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2020)

Die hoofdoel van hierdie artikel is om moontlike dekoloniale momente in NP van Wyk Louw se denke na te speur. In die eerste plek gee ek 'n kort oorsig oor die kritiese gesprek tussen Louw en Johan Degenaar, met die vraagstuk ...

Lessons in our faults : fault lines on race and research ethics

Msimang, Phila (ASSAf, 2020-09-29)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Since the publication of the now infamous paper ‘Age- and education-related effects on cognitive functioning in Colored South African women’ by Nieuwoudt and colleagues where they claim the cognitive ...

Die intellektueel as opvoeder

Van Niekerk, Anton A. (Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2019)

AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie artikel handel oor die rol van die openbare intellektueel in die opvoeding van die samelewing. Die skrywer toon aan hoe vele skrywers meen dat die idee van die openbare intellektueel sy oorsprong ...

Pyrrhonian reflections: a sceptical inquiry into philosophical counselling

Louw, Jaco (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Philosophical counselling is generally understood as the discussion or resolution of everyday problems with the help of philosophy. However, few agree on this definition. This leads to a crisis of definition ...

An evaluation of the contribution of corporate environmental codes of conduct to sustainable development in the mining sector

Van der Merwe, Charl Jacobus (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Mining and associated industries have a major and lasting impact on the environment and the mines’ growth and development decisions could have a positive or negative impact on the continued existence of ...

An evaluation of ethical problems related to hypoxic ischemic brain injury in neonates born in South African state institutions

Lotz, Jan Willem (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Thousands of South African children die or are physically and cognitively permanently impaired during birth due to a recurring pattern of professional negligence in state institutions. South African high ...

Crisis, opportunity & virtue: the role of virtue ethics in corporate crisis management

Khubana, Mukondeleli Isaac (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Corporate crisis management is an underdeveloped field of study, which requires considerable additional research. In particular, the role of virtue ethics in responding to corporate crises has not been ...

Observing representational practices in art and anthropology : a transdisciplinary approach

Preiser, R. (AOSIS, 2010-04-04)

It has been suggested that anthropology operates in “liminal spaces” which can be defined as “spaces between disciplines”. This study will explore the space where the fields of art and anthropology meet in order to discover ...

Incentives, virtues and big data organisations

Dall, Yael Nicole (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The nature of organisations has transformed greatly over recent years and contemporary organisations now have even greater responsibilities with the introduction of Big Data analytics. As a result, ethical ...

Evolution: naturalism's Kryptonite?

Botha, Charl Louis (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this thesis, I consider two questions. The first is whether human cognitive faculties would likely be reliable on naturalism and evolution. The second is which of evolutionary naturalism or theistic ...

The indestructible will: a critical examination of Arthur Schopenhauer’s theory of athanasia

Bloomberg, Jonti Joey (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Arthur Schopenhauer, a nineteenth-century German philosopher, advocated a unique theory of immortality (athanasia). The present study attempts to indicate that, in spite of the ingeniousness and consolatory ...

Not cheating on the Turing Test: towards grounded language learning in Artificial Intelligence

Alberts, Lize (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-12)

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On the ethical desirability of the ‘wrongful life’ delictual action

Michel, Gaenor Jayne (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The wrongful life action is a legal remedy used by a person who is born into a disabled state as a result of the negligence of a medical practitioner, and who would not have been born at all but for ...

Mood Enhancement as a Legitimate Goal of Medicine: Rethinking the Treatment-Enhancement Dichotomy in the Context of Human Wellbeing

Verwey, Hanneke (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Human enhancement sparks intense debate and raises interesting moral questions, including the ethical implications for the medical profession as the potential gatekeeper of these technologies. ...

Between buzzwords and bodies: investigating the ambiguities of Allyship with Judith Butler’s relational thinking

Vosloo, Jana Lydia (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis aims to investigate and deepen the concept of “allyship” from a relational lens. By asking how feminist philosopher Judith Butler’s relational thinking might offer a more nuanced account of ...

Combatting the crisis: virtue ethics as foundation for a universal medical professionalism in the 21st Century

Steyn, Willem-Johan (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Medical professionalism is facing an existential crisis globally, one brought about by factors both internal and external to the profession. These include, amongst others, the increasing ...

Allowing the aged autonomy to act or abstain : ethical considerations related to invasive medical procedures in the elderly

Moolman, Minee (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Modern medical technology has enabled the use of invasive medical procedures in elderly patients in an attempt to extend life or to improve quality of life. This has created significant complexity in both ...