Department of Philosophy

Vriendskap teenoor vyandskap in taalbeplanning vir die Universiteit Stellenbosch : die bydrae van Leon de Stadler

Van Niekerk, Anton (University of Stellenbosch, Department of General Linguistics, 2017)

No abstract available.

Dare we rethink informed consent?

De Roubaix, Malcolm (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2017)

Current informed consent practices conform to the informed consent paradigm (ICP). Our intention is finally to promote patient autonomy through the provision of information intended to remove the information (i.e. power) ...

How do healthcare professionals manage ethical challenges regarding information in healthcare professional/patient clinical interactions? a review of concept- or argument-based articles and case analyses

Ewuoso, C.; Hall, S.; Dierickx, K. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2017-12)

Background. This study forms part of an ongoing research project that seeks to enhance the information-management skills of health professionals within the clinical context. Objectives. To review case analyses and reviews ...

Ubuntu ethics and the National Student Financial Aid Scheme

Manuel, Rustum (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this thesis, I develop an Ubuntu-inspired critique of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS). In my analysis, I show that NSFAS has not achieved its goal of ensuring equal access to higher ...

Conceptualising ecological sustainability: issues, values and challenges

Hoepfl, Kim Powell (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: “The twin concepts of sustainability and sustainable development” (Hattingh 2001: 1) have been in international circulation (Hattingh 2001) for thirty years, and yet debate persists about both their ...

Exploring the ethics of outsourced labour in post-apartheid South Africa

Horwitz, Jocelyn (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The ethics of outsourcing labour has been in the media spotlight recently, particularly concerning universities in South Africa. Ethical consistency is particularly important for educational institutions ...

Public health policy in resource allocation: the role of ubuntu ethics in redressing resource disparity between public and private healthcare in South Africa

Madaka, Nosisa Cynthia (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 ...

Civil disobedience as a democratic practice

Pschorn, Nina Maria (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this thesis is to develop a moral justification for civil disobedience as a practice of democratic contestation. I begin by investigating the problem of disobedience in the context of our ...

A critical evaluation of the justification of discrimination in risk underwriting in the life insurance industry in South Africa

Marais, Andries Francois (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Although discrimination based on factors such as age, sex, socio-economic class and health status is normally prohibited by law, such discrimination is an accepted practice in the risk assessment of life ...

Management as communicative action: habermasian perspectives on the quest for responsible management education

Smit, Arnoldus Tobias (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Management education, especially as practised in business schools, has been the subject of critical debate since the beginning of the 21st century. This was largely stimulated by concerns about the impact ...

Towards an approach to environmental ethics responsive to environmental challenges on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro

Lyakurwa, Michael F. (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The main purpose of the research for this dissertation has been to determine an approach to environmental ethics that could help resolve environmental challenges experienced today by people living on the ...

Towards inclusive and responsible technological innovation systems

Douglas, Tania S. (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Innovation has gained prominence as a key ingredient to economic success. As a consequence, policy makers and researchers have paid increasing attention to the factors that enhance innovation. In addition, ...

Information management in physician-patient interactions: towards a new approach

Ewuoso, Cornelius (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation argues that a set of guidelines rooted in a particular African ethics, and specifically, a combination of Ubuntu and the Yoruba concept of oot , can usefully supplement current medical ...

Ethical considerations in the prevention of childhood obesity

Kooverjee, Yoshna Ishwarlal (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Childhood obesity is a global pandemic, the prevention of which is a public health priority. The aim of this thesis is to explore the ethical issues that arise when designing, implementing and assessing ...

Towards ethical consumerism: bridging the gap between the obstacles and drivers of ethical consumerism

Botha, Sonja (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Being an ethical consumer means making informed purchasing decisions. Ethical consumers buy products that are ethically produced and that are not harmful to the environment or to society. They value all ...

Evidence, truth, reality and power: A Foucauldian analysis of the ethics of testing and using novel medical devices

Abdool, Zeelha (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: From the onset of time, human beings have used substances in all forms and shapes to promote health. Prior to the nineteenth century, traditional folk medicine, religious ceremonies, magical practices, ...

Exploring Martin Heidegger’s conceptions of phenomenology and transcendence: addressing the problem of religious fundamentalist violence

Sanni, John Sodiq (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research uses Martin Heidegger’s phenomenological understanding of Dasein (human existence or being) as a frame for developing an improved understanding of why religious fundamentalist violence ...