Thesis (M.A.)--Trinity International University, 2007. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 116-121).

Thesis (M.A.)--Trinity International University, 2007. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 116-121).

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Thesis. 1977. Ph.D.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Linguistics and Philosophy. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND HUMANITIES. / Bibliography : leaves 155-156. / Ph.D.

Chan, Ka Ho. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 203-208). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Dedication --- p.i / Abstract --- p.ii -iv / Table of Contents --- p.v -vi / Acknowledgements --- p.vii -ix / Text / Introduction --- p.1-14 / Purpose --- p.1 / Background --- p.2-7 / Significance --- p.8 / Core Arguments --- p.9-10 / Approach --- p.11 -12 / Implications --- p.13 -14 / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Unqualified Cooperators in Social Cooperation and the Capabilities approach --- p.15-63 / Purpose --- p.15 / Structure --- p.16 / Part I --- p.17-29 / Part II --- p.30 -42 / Part III --- p.43 -61 / Conclusion --- p.62 / Way Forward --- p.63 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Ist Tension: Denial of Desert and the Principle --- p.64-104 / Purpose --- p.64 -65 / Structure --- p.66-67 / Part I --- p.68 -77 / Part II --- p.78 -85 / Part III --- p.86-103 / Conclusion --- p.104 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- 2nd Tension: Eudaimonistic Judgment and the Principle --- p.105 -144 / Purpose --- p.105 -106 / Structure --- p.107 / Part I --- p.108 -114 / Part II --- p.115 -125 / Part III --- p.126 -137 / Part IV --- p.138 -143 / Conclusion --- p.144 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Three Ways Forward --- p.145-188 / Purpose --- p.145-146 / Structure --- p.147 / Part I --- p.148 -167 / Part II --- p.168 -178 / Part III --- p.179 -187 / Conclusion --- p.188 / Conclusion --- p.189 -202 / Purpose --- p.189 / Summary --- p.190 -197 / Implications --- p.198 -199 / Possible Directions --- p.200 -201 / Limitations --- p.202 / Bibliography --- p.203-208

This thesis develops and tests the new theory that beliefs in societal justice offer a distinctive self-regulatory benefit for members of socially disadvantaged groups. Integrating concepts from the social justice and goal motivation literatures I hypothesize that members of disadvantaged groups are more likely than members of advantaged social groups to calibrate their pursuit of long-term goals to their beliefs about societal justice. In Study 1, low but not high SES undergraduates showed greater intentions to persist in the face of poor exam performance to the extent that they believed in societal justice. In Study 2, low but not high SES participants reported more willingness to invest in career pursuits to the extent that they believed in societal justice. In Study 3, ethnic minority, but not ethnic majority, participants who read that societal justice was improving reported more willingness to invest resources in pursuit of long-term goals, relative to control participants. Study 4 replicated Study 3 using a more subtle manipulation of justice beliefs, and demonstrated that the moderating role of ethnic status operates due to a difference in the perceived self-relevance of societal justice. Study 5 examined the moderating role of SES and ethnic status in a large cross-national sample. Two additional studies indicated boundary conditions for the effect, showing that goals which are not perceived as relevant to justice operate in the opposite fashion: In Study 6, low SES participants primed with injustice withdrew their resources from their academic goals, and reinvested them in their social goals. Study 7 replicated this effect, and provided evidence that when the self-relevance of justice information is highlighted, it can influence motivation even among members of advantaged groups. Ethnic majority participants who read about discrimination against their group also withdrew their resources from their academic goals, and reinvested them in their social goals.

Thesis (M.Ed.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2000. / Bibliography: leaves 71-75.

Thesis (M.A.) -- University of Texas at Arlington, 2009.

Justice is a key guiding ethical principle in bioethics. When justice is addressed in bioethics the focus is primarily on the fair distribution of resources, that is, distributive justice. In this thesis, I argue that a distributive conception of justice is unable to adequately address many of the relevant issues of justice within bioethics. These issues are better understood and addressed using a social conception of justice. Social justice is concerned with ensuring that the norms and rules of social structures are fair and equitable. I argue that social and distributive justice are not only compatible, but also complementary. As a result, both conceptions of justice need to be applied to bioethical issues if we are to achieve a truly just outcome. As a case study, I apply this analysis to the controversial issue of the inclusion of pregnant women in clinical research trial.