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Risk perceptions among potential Airbnb hosts
(Université de Montréal. Centre de recherche en éthique, 2020)
Airbnb has taken advantage of recent technological advances to emerge as a disruptive innovation in
the tourism and hotel industry. Attracting millions of customers annually, it is present in over 65,000
cities in 191 ...
Moral responsibility (of the person) : positive response to the degradation of nature operated by man
(2018-06-19)
Dans le cadre d’un projet de mémoire court, l’objectif de ce travail de recherche consiste à présenter une étude critique approfondie du principe de responsabilité dans l’œuvre de Hans Jonas afin de mieux mesurer sa portée ...
Captive bodies, dissident voices : carcerality and resistance in third-world women's narratives
(2021-07-14)
Cette thèse de doctorat renouvelle les réflexions autour du « carcéral » afin de le repenser comme un instrument politique et social coercitif, qui saisit et emprisonne des sujets, des collectivités, des alternatives ...
(Re)Vitalizing Philanthropy: The Emergence of Indigenous Philanthropy and its Implications for Civil Society throughout the Developing World
(Centre de recherche en éthique de l'Université de Montréal, 2011)
As developing countries have become more integrated within the global economy, new, developing world-based economic elites have emerged as important philanthropists and development actors. The burgeoning trend of indigenous ...
"The nothing that is" : An Ethics of Absence Within the Poetry of Wallace Stevens
(2012-07-05)
Cette thèse se concentre sur ce que j'appelle «l’espace négatif» de la représentation dans la poésie de Stevens comme étant un véritable espace d'engagement politique, une interprétation qui se distingue de la plus grande ...
A (dis)play of traces : trauma, witnessing, and the poetics of implication
(2012-08-03)
Cette thèse se propose de fournir une analyse comparative de la poétique de la rétrospective traumatique et les dispositifs littéraires que trois textes - Fugitive Pieces d’Anne Michaels, Solar Storms de Linda Hogan, et ...
Rethinking a defense of sweatshops
(Centre de recherche en éthique, 2019-06-25)
In this paper, I criticize Benjamin Powell’s alleged comprehensive moral defense of sweatshops in his book Out of Poverty: Sweatshops and the Global Economy New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. I argue that his book ...
Agency, participation, and self-determination for indigenous peoples in Canada : foundational, structural, and epistemic injustices
(Centre de recherche en éthique, 2019-06-25)
In this paper, I discuss accounts of agency, participation, and self-determination by David Crocker and Stacy Kosko because they acknowledge that relationships of power can determine who gets to participate and when. Kosko ...
Caring for structural vulnerabilities : Can we hear all voices?
(Centre de recherche en éthique, 2019-06-25)
In this essay, I argue that care ethics faces a fundamental challenge in addressing structural vulnerabilities. I argue that one of its main strengths – its focus on alleviating individuals’ material needs – also generates ...
Stubborn realities, shared humanity : the state of humanitarian ethics today
(Centre de recherche en éthique, 2019-06-25)
This paper explores the current standing of humanitarian ethics from two different, and yet interrelated perspectives. The first argues that shortcomings of humanitarianism are symptoms of deeper social and political ...