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Index Torbjörn Tännsjö

Ulf Torbjörn Harald Tännsjö (born 13 December 1946 in Västerås) is a Swedish professor of philosophy and public intellectual.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 27 relations: Aftonbladet, Analytic philosophy, Campaign for the Establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly, Christian apologetics, Christian Democrats (Sweden), Communism, Ethics, God is dead, Intellectual, Journal of Controversial Ideas, Left Party (Sweden), Medical ethics, Metaethics, Monash University, Normative ethics, Philosophy, Political philosophy, Practical philosophy, Stockholm University, Svante Nordin, Swedes, Swedish Research Council, University of Gothenburg, University of Münster, Utilitarianism, Västerås, William Lane Craig.

  2. Hedonism
  3. Left Party (Sweden) politicians
  4. Swedish philosophers

Aftonbladet

(lit. "The evening paper") is a Swedish daily tabloid newspaper published in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Analytic philosophy

Analytic philosophy is a broad, contemporary movement or tradition within Western philosophy and especially anglophone philosophy, focused on analysis.

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Campaign for the Establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly

The Campaign for a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly (CUNPA) is a global network of more than 300 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and 1,500 current and former parliamentarians from around 150 countries devoted to establishing a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly.

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Christian apologetics

Christian apologetics (ἀπολογία, "verbal defense, speech in defense") is a branch of Christian theology that defends Christianity.

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Christian Democrats (Sweden)

The Christian Democrats (Kristdemokraterna; KD) is a Christian-democratic political party in Sweden founded in March 1964.

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Communism

Communism (from Latin label) is a sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology within the socialist movement, whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a socioeconomic order centered around common ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange that allocates products to everyone in the society based on need.

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Ethics

Ethics is the philosophical study of moral phenomena.

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God is dead

"God is dead" (nocat; also known as the death of God) is a statement made by the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.

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Intellectual

An intellectual is a person who engages in critical thinking, research, and reflection about the reality of society, and who proposes solutions for its normative problems.

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Journal of Controversial Ideas

The Journal of Controversial Ideas is a cross-disciplinary, open access, peer-reviewed academic journal that aims to allow academics to publish using pseudonyms if they request it.

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Left Party (Sweden)

The Left Party (Vänsterpartiet, V) is a socialist political party in Sweden.

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Medical ethics

Medical ethics is an applied branch of ethics which analyzes the practice of clinical medicine and related scientific research.

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In metaphilosophy and ethics, metaethics is the study of the nature, scope, and meaning of moral judgment.

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Monash University

Monash University is a public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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Normative ethics

Normative ethics is the study of ethical behaviour and is the branch of philosophical ethics that investigates questions regarding how one ought to act, in a moral sense.

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Philosophy

Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, value, mind, and language.

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Political philosophy

Political philosophy or political theory is the philosophical study of government, addressing questions about the nature, scope, and legitimacy of public agents and institutions and the relationships between them.

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Practical philosophy

Practical philosophy concerns itself mainly with subjects that have applications in life, like the study of values, norms, politics, art, etc.

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Stockholm University

Stockholm University (Stockholms universitet) is a public research university in Stockholm, Sweden, founded as a college in 1878, with university status since 1960.

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Svante Nordin

Per Svante Gudmund Nordin (born April 18, 1946) is a Swedish historian of ideas and author.

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Swedes

Swedes (svenskar) are an ethnic group native to Sweden, who share a common ancestry, culture, history and language. They mostly inhabit Sweden and the other Nordic countries, in particular Finland where they are an officially recognized minority, with Swedish being one of the official languages of the country, and with a substantial diaspora in other countries, especially the United States.

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Swedish Research Council

The Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet) is a Government agency in Sweden established in 2001, with the responsibility to support and develop basic scientific research.

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University of Gothenburg

The University of Gothenburg (Göteborgs universitet) is a university in Sweden's second largest city, Gothenburg.

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University of Münster

The University of Münster (Universität Münster, until 2023 Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, WWU) is a public research university located in the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany.

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Utilitarianism

In ethical philosophy, utilitarianism is a family of normative ethical theories that prescribe actions that maximize happiness and well-being for the affected individuals. Torbjörn Tännsjö and utilitarianism are Hedonism.

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Västerås

Västerås is a city in central Sweden on the shore of Lake Mälaren in the province of Västmanland, west of Stockholm.

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William Lane Craig

William Lane Craig (born August 23, 1949) is an American analytic philosopher, Christian apologist, author, and Wesleyan theologian who upholds the view of Molinism and neo-Apollinarianism.

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See also

Hedonism

Left Party (Sweden) politicians

Swedish philosophers

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torbjörn_Tännsjö

Also known as Torbjoern Taennsjoe.