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Browsing Theses and Dissertations (Philosophy) by Title
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)This study is an application of the political theory of Michael Oakeshott aimed at enhancing understanding of the South African state. Oakeshott posits that the modern state is comprised of two separate modes of association, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)This study aims to determine what is left of the philosophical belief in art’s potential to bring about social emancipation and change early in the 21st century. It does so by critically assessing one of the most elaborate, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012)This dissertation exposes the status of eros in the works of Levinas, Irigaray, and, Nancy. I begin by evaluating Levinas’s phenomenological analyses of eros in Time and the Other and Totality and Infinity. In order to ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-06-19)Contemporary debates in ethics are characterised by opposing views that appear to be irreconcilable. Rational debates seem to be making no headway due to the fact that the incompatibilities of the different views seem to ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)A consideration of homophobia could encompass both an investigation into the individual psychology and group factors which play a role in the constitution of homophobia. Yet the link between individual-psychological ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)The notion of harmony between the philosophies of Plato and Aristotle is one of the most this modernity, e in Western philosophical exegesis. In nduringly controversial topicscontroversy has been blunted by twin assumptions; ...
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The limitations and possibilities of Rawls’ prioritised relation between ‘the right’ and ‘the good’ (University of Pretoria, 2018)This dissertation offers a critical discussion of the prioritisation of ‘the right’ in John Rawls’s theory of justice. Rawls’s theory of justice – ‘justice as fairness’ – is arguably one of the best illustrations of the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)This study sets out to reclaim the ontological epistemology of Saint Thomas Aquinas which serves as a unifier of knowledge in being, within the philosophical milieu of being’s forgottenness. Post-Humean and Kantian thought ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)Hierdie studie, wat handel oor die Griekse tragedieskrywers en die deugde-etiek, val in vier hoofdele uiteen. In die eerste plek (afdeling 2) begin dit met ’n bespreking van die werk van die drie belangrikste tragedieskrywers ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023-11-03)The food discourse is shaped by cultural norms and standards that dictate what foods are deemed valuable and acceptable. However, these standards are predominantly rooted in Eurocentric food culture making it the standard ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012-11-05)In this dissertation, the art of the short story as practised by S.N. Nkadimeng (Mmantshaotlogele) is investigated in accordance with the narratological descriptive model. According to this approach the literary work is ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-10-13)Meister Eckhart understands that human beings are thrown into meaning, that we live out our lives in meaning and that the source of this meaning is beyond our understanding. We always have an understanding of the world in ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2005)This dissertation addresses a crucial question central to contemporary political philosophy: Does the priority of individual rights guarantee a genuine healthy communal life and democratic vision of politics? Alternatively, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)While so much has been said about the moral justification of the death penalty in Western literature, the African perspectives in that regard are still emerging. As a practical endeavor, the death penalty is necessarily ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019-10)This dissertation focuses on the ethics of artificial intelligence, specifically in relation to Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems. I investigate which moral system of reasoning will be best suited to govern the conduct of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012-01-17)THIS THESIS IS IN THE PROCESS OF EXAMINATION
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)This dissertation addresses various aspects of the question “What does it mean to be human?”, approaching the issue from biological, philosophical and ethical perspectives. The discussion focuses primarily on the philosophical ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)No abstract
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(University of Pretoria, 2005-10-29)With this dissertation, firstly, I address the issue of Friedrich Nietzsche’s (1844-1900) so-called ‘immoralism’. When he calls himself an ‘immoralist’ and even ‘the first immoralist’ (EH Destiny 2), he seems to be the ...
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