Reproduktion under diskussion - En idéanalys av surrogatmödraskapsdebatten i Sverige

The aim of this master thesis is to examine the Swedish debate on surrogate motherhood between the years of 2008 and 2013. This form of assisted reproduction raises several ethical questions such as the potential risk of exploitation and commodification of women and children. Surrogate motherhood challenges our perception of human reproduction and the traditional concept of the family but it also concerns the right to self-determination and individual autonomy. The theoretical framework draws on the principle of autonomy and communitarianism with the aim of confronting the relationship between individual autonomy and the common good in political decision-making. The theoretical framework also draws on intersectional feminist theory. The thesis explores how arguments in the debate on surrogate motherhood relate to ideas about individual´s right to autonomy, collective social values and feminism. The analysis shows that the debate is constructed around three characters: the surrogate, the child and the prospective parents. Communitarians argue that surrogacy is exploiting the human value and is an unethical method. Most liberals view commercial forms of surrogacy as unethical but advocate on the basis of autonomy and freedom of individuals, for allowing altruistic surrogacy. Using the notion of patriarchy and the gender system feminist stress that surrogacy is exploiting to women

Privatisering, rätt medicin för apoteket?

Det svenska välfärdssamhället har under de senaste decennierna förändrats. Under 90-talet har delar av den offentliga servicen gått ifrån statliga monopol till marknadsanpassade verksamheter. Denna uppsats behandlar den nu pågående apoteksreformeringen i Sverige där läkemedelshandeln ska öppnas upp för privata aktörer. Huvudargumentet som förs är att apoteksverksamhetens är en central del av det svenska välfärdsamhället och borde på grund av detta präglas av demokrativärdena jämlikhet, ansvar, rättvisa och frihet. Uppsatsen bygger utifrån denna tes upp en normativ värdegrund för läkemedelshandeln och analyseras sedan hur denna kan komma att påverkas av apoteksreformen. En jämförelse görs även med Norge som genomförde en liknande reform 2001. Slutsatsen är att värdet frihet kommer att påverkas positivt medan resterande värden hotas att inskränkas, då ekonomiska aspekter kommer att få större betydelse

En plan för rättivsa - En studie om jämställdhet och mångfald i Lunds kommun

This essay investigates how issues about gender equality and diversity are understood in local government. The study is conducted in the municipality of Lund and is based on material such as equal opportunities programs and multiplicity plans. The author uses intersectionality theory to explore if these questions are seen as separated or interacted with each other. By using discourse analysis five different themes are found in the material. The themes are “What do the words gender equality and diversity really mean?”, “A question about equity”, “A question about profitability”, “The citizen perspective”, “Intersectionality”, “Gender equality and diversity – a question of priority?”. The results show that the word diversity is understood differently in the programs and plans. Diversity is associated with equity and profitability meanwhile gender equality is seen from a equity perspective. Many of the programs are referring to laws that don’t exist anymore, which can question the priority. The plans and programs does not include an intersectional understanding of discrimination