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Vänskap är magi - Etik och straffteori inom Harry Potter och De Vises Sten

Jester, Rebecca LU (2018) LAGF03 20181
Department of Law
Faculty of Law
Abstract (Swedish)
Vad är det som skapar en tolerant människa? Vilka berättelser motiverar oss att hjälpa varandra, att skydda varandra och att sträva efter en bättre värld?
Undersökningar har visat att läsning av serien om Harry Potter främjar en mer tolerant inställning till marginaliserade grupper i samhället. Uppsatsens syfte var att ta reda på vad detta beror på, genom att undersöka vilka etiska teorier respektive straffteorier som kommuniceras och förespråkas i det litterära verket ”Harry Potter och De Vises Sten”. För att kunna uppfylla detta syfte har en litteraturstudie genomförts och analyserats med hjälp av rättsdogmatisk metod, och därefter har en latent innehållsanalys genomförts för att granska och tolka resultatet. Uppsatsen begränsades av... (More)
Vad är det som skapar en tolerant människa? Vilka berättelser motiverar oss att hjälpa varandra, att skydda varandra och att sträva efter en bättre värld?
Undersökningar har visat att läsning av serien om Harry Potter främjar en mer tolerant inställning till marginaliserade grupper i samhället. Uppsatsens syfte var att ta reda på vad detta beror på, genom att undersöka vilka etiska teorier respektive straffteorier som kommuniceras och förespråkas i det litterära verket ”Harry Potter och De Vises Sten”. För att kunna uppfylla detta syfte har en litteraturstudie genomförts och analyserats med hjälp av rättsdogmatisk metod, och därefter har en latent innehållsanalys genomförts för att granska och tolka resultatet. Uppsatsen begränsades av att endast beröra sådana handlingar som kunde anses omfattas av den svenska brottsbalkens tillämpningsområde.
I litteraturstudien undersöktes verket för att hitta relevanta handlingar, och det noterades huruvida de straffades eller inte även inom ramen för verket, samt i så fall hur, hur hårt, och slutligen varför, om det kunde utrönas. Uppsatsen har utgått från deontologisk respektive teleologisk etikteori för att utröna vilka handlingar som anses vara onda, och därefter vedergällande respektive preventiv straffteori för att utröna om de onda handlingarna straffats för att hämnas eller för att förhindra att liknande handlingar genomförs i framtiden.
Undersökningen visade att det fanns tydliga skillnader i om, hur, och varför handlingar straffades — framför allt rörde det sig om huruvida handlingarna fick bra eller dåliga konsekvenser, vilket indikerade en teleologisk etik. Det faktum att det från flera omständigheter kunde utläsas att [hämnd] ansågs vara en bra konsekvens, talade för att en vedergällande straffteori kommunicerades i verket.
Dock ska noteras att undersökningen till sin natur var alldeles för begränsad och kortfattad för att kunna ge en helt representativ bild av vilka faktorer som påverkar läsare till att bli mer toleranta människor, så som påvisat i den ovan nämnda rapporten. (Less)
Abstract
What makes a human tolerant? What stories motivate us to help each other, to protect each other, and to strive for a better world?
A study has shown that reading the series about Harry Potter promotes a more tolerant attitude toward groups that are marginalized in society. The purpose of this essay was to find out why that is, by investigating the ethical theories and penal theories respectively that are communicated and advocated for through the literary work ”Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone”. To fill this purpose, a literary study has been implemented, and the results analyzed through judicial methodology. After that, a content analysis has been implemented to review and examine the results. The essay was limited to only refer... (More)
What makes a human tolerant? What stories motivate us to help each other, to protect each other, and to strive for a better world?
A study has shown that reading the series about Harry Potter promotes a more tolerant attitude toward groups that are marginalized in society. The purpose of this essay was to find out why that is, by investigating the ethical theories and penal theories respectively that are communicated and advocated for through the literary work ”Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone”. To fill this purpose, a literary study has been implemented, and the results analyzed through judicial methodology. After that, a content analysis has been implemented to review and examine the results. The essay was limited to only refer to such actions within the book that could be considered to be included within the area of application of Swedish penal law.
In the literary study, the work was examined to find relevant actions, and it was noted whether they were punished or not also within the work, and if so also how, how harshly and finally why they were punished, if this could be determined. The essay has worked from the basis of deontological and teleological theories of ethics to determine what actions have been considered to be [wrong], as well as retributive and preventive penal theories to determine whether those wrong actions were punished for the sole sake of vengeance or in order to prevent such actions from being repeated in the future.
The examination showed distinct differences regarding if, how, and why actions were punished — the main factor was whether or not the actions had ”good” or ”bad” consequences, indicating a teleological approach to ethics. The fact that several circumstances indicated in themselves that [vengeance] was regarded as a good consequence, further spoke for a retributive penal theory being favoured.
However, it must be noted that the investigation by nature was much too strictly limited and concise to be able to give a fully representative reflection of what factors influence readers to be more tolerant, such as has been shown in the above-mentioned report. (Less)
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Jester, Rebecca LU
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organization
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LAGF03 20181
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
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straffrätt, etik, Harry Potter
language
Swedish
id
8941370
date added to LUP
2018-07-15 13:42:41
date last changed
2018-07-15 13:42:41
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  abstract     = {{What makes a human tolerant? What stories motivate us to help each other, to protect each other, and to strive for a better world?
A study has shown that reading the series about Harry Potter promotes a more tolerant attitude toward groups that are marginalized in society. The purpose of this essay was to find out why that is, by investigating the ethical theories and penal theories respectively that are communicated and advocated for through the literary work ”Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone”. To fill this purpose, a literary study has been implemented, and the results analyzed through judicial methodology. After that, a content analysis has been implemented to review and examine the results. The essay was limited to only refer to such actions within the book that could be considered to be included within the area of application of Swedish penal law.
In the literary study, the work was examined to find relevant actions, and it was noted whether they were punished or not also within the work, and if so also how, how harshly and finally why they were punished, if this could be determined. The essay has worked from the basis of deontological and teleological theories of ethics to determine what actions have been considered to be [wrong], as well as retributive and preventive penal theories to determine whether those wrong actions were punished for the sole sake of vengeance or in order to prevent such actions from being repeated in the future.
The examination showed distinct differences regarding if, how, and why actions were punished — the main factor was whether or not the actions had ”good” or ”bad” consequences, indicating a teleological approach to ethics. The fact that several circumstances indicated in themselves that [vengeance] was regarded as a good consequence, further spoke for a retributive penal theory being favoured.
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