Harald Grimen
Biographic Data
| ID | 232349 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Harald Grimen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Harald |
| FAMILY NAME | Grimen |
| SIGNATURE | GRIMEN H |
| AFFILIATIONS | OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 34 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Professional Discretion and Accountability in the Welfare State
The discretionary powers of welfare state professionals are in tension with the requirements of the democratic R echtsstaat . Extensive use of discretion can threaten the principles of the rule of law and relinquish democratic control over the implementation of laws and policies. These two tensions are in principle ineradicable. But does this also mean that they are impossible to come to grips with? Are there measures that may ease these tensions…
Sociocultural Functionalism
Power, Trust, and Risk
In modern discussions among health professionals there is a strange lack of discussions of power. This is most notably true for the discussions about proper physician-patient relations and the discussions about trust. This article explores some of the consequences of this absence. It is argued that the absence of the issue of power hampers a serious and open moral discussion of important institutional forms in the health care system. It is also a…
Consensus and normative validity 1
A weak and a strong version of discourse theory can be distinguished. In the strong version the only source of normative validity in the nonspecific sense is rational consensus, where all parties concerned accept a norm for the same reasons, which are rationally convincing in the same way for all. In the weak version both rational and overlapping consensus can be sources of validity in the nonspecific sense. It is argued that the weak version is …
Causally inefficient knowledge and functional explanation
L'A. expose la theorie de la connaissance de Elster et remet en cause le critere qu'il donne pour les explications fonctionnelles (i.e. les explications a partir des consequences). L'A. vise a mieux les separer des explications intentionnelles ainsi qu'a se debarrasser de la categorie d'«explication-filtre»
Power, Trust, and Risk
In modern discussions among health professionals there is a strange lack of discussions of power. This is most notably true for the discussions about proper physician-patient relations and the discussions about trust. This article explores some of the consequences of this absence. It is argued that the absence of the issue of power hampers a serious and open moral discussion of important institutional forms in the health care system. It is also a…
Causally inefficient knowledge and functional explanation
L'A. expose la theorie de la connaissance de Elster et remet en cause le critere qu'il donne pour les explications fonctionnelles (i.e. les explications a partir des consequences). L'A. vise a mieux les separer des explications intentionnelles ainsi qu'a se debarrasser de la categorie d'«explication-filtre»
Causally inefficient knowledge and functional explanation
L'A. expose la theorie de la connaissance de Elster et remet en cause le critere qu'il donne pour les explications fonctionnelles (i.e. les explications a partir des consequences). L'A. vise a mieux les separer des explications intentionnelles ainsi qu'a se debarrasser de la categorie d'«explication-filtre»
Consensus and normative validity 1
A weak and a strong version of discourse theory can be distinguished. In the strong version the only source of normative validity in the nonspecific sense is rational consensus, where all parties concerned accept a norm for the same reasons, which are rationally convincing in the same way for all. In the weak version both rational and overlapping consensus can be sources of validity in the nonspecific sense. It is argued that the weak version is …
Power, Trust, and Risk
In modern discussions among health professionals there is a strange lack of discussions of power. This is most notably true for the discussions about proper physician-patient relations and the discussions about trust. This article explores some of the consequences of this absence. It is argued that the absence of the issue of power hampers a serious and open moral discussion of important institutional forms in the health care system. It is also a…
Sociocultural Functionalism
Professional Discretion and Accountability in the Welfare State
The discretionary powers of welfare state professionals are in tension with the requirements of the democratic R echtsstaat . Extensive use of discretion can threaten the principles of the rule of law and relinquish democratic control over the implementation of laws and policies. These two tensions are in principle ineradicable. But does this also mean that they are impossible to come to grips with? Are there measures that may ease these tensions…
Epistemology (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political Philosophy and Ethics (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Accountability (1 work)