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A Preliminary Research on the Philosophy and Ethics of Life From the Viewpoints of Dignity and Meaning

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17K02185
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Philosophy/Ethics
Research InstitutionWaseda University

Principal Investigator

Morioka Masahiro  早稲田大学, 人間科学学術院, 教授 (80192780)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 藏田 伸雄  北海道大学, 文学研究院, 教授 (50303714)
Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Keywords生命の哲学 / 誕生肯定 / 人間の尊厳 / 人生の意味 / 生の肯定 / 人工知能 / ペルソナ / 尊厳 / 生命倫理 / 意味
Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, the following five research topics have been discussed.
1) I have analyzed the concept of dignity in terms of the philosophy of solipsism and concluded that the solipsistic being is the bearer of meaning in life.2) I have analyzed the meaning of life from the viewpoint of contemporary analytic philosophy. The anti-natalist philosophy advocated by David Benatar was criticized. 3) I have analyzed the concept of “a life.” The relationship between the meaning of the whole life and the meaning of a part life was discussed. 4) I have discussed the concept of “dignity” and its connection with the body and nature. 5) I have applied an outcome of my meaning of life research to the discussion of bioethics. I defined the concept of “persona” as “voice without sound,” and discussed two dimensions, namely, the dimension of persona and the dimension of sharing in the situation of caring for a human death.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究では、人生を生きることの意味を中心に考察を進めた。いわゆる「人生の意味」は哲学が古来より探求してきた根本的問いであり、今日の一般市民からも大きな関心を持たれている領域である。それに対して、「誕生肯定」の考え方の可能性を示すことができた点には大きな社会的意義があると考えたい。死にゆく人に対するケアの場面で「ペルソナ」と「シェア」の次元を区別することについても、人々の思索にヒントを与えることができそうである。また、学界で注目を浴びている反出生主義の哲学に対して、その理論の陥穽を指摘し、それに代わる「誕生肯定」の二つの解釈(可能世界解釈と反―反出生主義解釈)を示すことができた。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2019 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (30 results)

All 2019 2018 2017 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (1 results) Journal Article (9 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Open Access: 6 results,  Peer Reviewed: 2 results) Presentation (16 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 11 results,  Invited: 6 results) Book (3 results) Funded Workshop (1 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Birmingham(英国)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] A Solipsistic and Affirmation-Based Approach to Meaning in Life2019

    • Author(s)
      Masahiro Morioka
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Philosophy of Life

      Volume: 9(1) Pages: 82-97

    • NAID

      120006994383

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 人工知能と現代哲学:ハイデガー・ヨーナス・粘菌2019

    • Author(s)
      森岡正博
    • Journal Title

      日本哲学会『哲学』

      Volume: 70 Pages: 51-68

    • NAID

      130007634045

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Philosophy, Manga, and Omori Shozo2018

    • Author(s)
      Masahiro Morioka and Pierre Bonneels
    • Journal Title

      European Journal of Japanese Philosophy

      Volume: 3 Pages: 245-262

    • NAID

      40022776394

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] 人称的世界はどのような構造をしているのか2018

    • Author(s)
      森岡正博
    • Journal Title

      現代生命哲学研究

      Volume: 7 Pages: 107-119

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] そこに人間がいるとはどのようなことかー「生命の哲学」の視点から2018

    • Author(s)
      森岡正博
    • Journal Title

      山脇直司編『教養教育と統合知』東京大学出版会

      Volume: 0 Pages: 176-196

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] 「人生の意味」の哲学2017

    • Author(s)
      森岡正博
    • Journal Title

      現代思想

      Volume: 11 Pages: 180-185

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Philosophy of Life in Contemporary Society2017

    • Author(s)
      Masahiro Morioka
    • Journal Title

      The Review of Life Studies

      Volume: 8 Pages: 15-22

    • NAID

      120006364341

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] The Trolley Problem and the Dropping of Atomic Bombs2017

    • Author(s)
      Masahiro Morioka
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Philosophy of Life

      Volume: 7(2) Pages: 316-337

    • DOI

      10.17613/M62B4Q

    • NAID

      120006358960

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 独在今在此在的存在者: 生命の哲学の構築に向けて(9)2017

    • Author(s)
      Masahiro Morioka
    • Journal Title

      現代生命哲学研究

      Volume: 6 Pages: 101-156

    • NAID

      120006354286

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Presentation] 高校国語教科書に現れた哲学エッセイの研究2019

    • Author(s)
      森岡正博
    • Organizer
      第11回応用哲学会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] The Dialectic of Human Technology and Naturalness2019

    • Author(s)
      Masahiro Morioka
    • Organizer
      Does Nature Think? (Research Institute for Humanity and Nature)
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] The Ontological Status of Deceased Persons in Some Contemporary Japanese Philosophical Texts2019

    • Author(s)
      Masahiro Morioka
    • Organizer
      Fifth Annual Conference for European Network of Japanese Philosophy
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The Ontological Status of the Deceased Person Who Continues to Appear in this World2019

    • Author(s)
      Masahiro Morioka
    • Organizer
      Life, death and meaning - Eastern and Western perspectives (University of Birmingham)
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Two Kinds of Impossibility in the Comparison of Meaning in Life2019

    • Author(s)
      Masahiro Morioka
    • Organizer
      Second International Conference on Philosophy and Meaning in Life
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Tokyo School after Omori and Hiromatsu2019

    • Author(s)
      Masahiro Morioka
    • Organizer
      International Association for Japanese Philosophy "Kyoto School, Tokyo School, and Beyond"
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The Method of Life Studies and Tanabe’s Metanoetics: A Possibility of Post-Religious Spirituality2018

    • Author(s)
      Masahiro Morioka
    • Organizer
      Fourth Annual Conference for European Network of Japanese Philosophy
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] A Solipsistic and Affirmative Approach to Meaning in Life2018

    • Author(s)
      Masahiro Morioka
    • Organizer
      First International Conference on Philosophy and Meaning in Life
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] The Ontological Status of the Deceased Person That Continues to Appear in This World2018

    • Author(s)
      Masahiro Morioka
    • Organizer
      3rd Biennial Conference, International Association for the Philosophy of Death and Dying
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 人称的世界はどのような構造をしているのか2018

    • Author(s)
      森岡正博
    • Organizer
      応用哲学会第10回年次大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 学生にトラウマを与える危険のある素材を大学の授業でどう扱うべきか2017

    • Author(s)
      森岡正博
    • Organizer
      応用哲学会第9回年次大会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Person and Non-existence2017

    • Author(s)
      Masahiro Morioka
    • Organizer
      Philosophy of Non-existence, Tokyo Philosophy Project, Special Meeting
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 人生の意味への独在論的アプローチ2017

    • Author(s)
      森岡正博
    • Organizer
      北海道哲学会・北大哲学会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Philosophy of Life in Contemporary Society2017

    • Author(s)
      Masahiro Morioka
    • Organizer
      日中哲学フォーラム(日本哲学会)
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The Dignity of the Body: A Philosophical Implication of the Japanese Organ Transplant Law Before Amendment2017

    • Author(s)
      Masahiro Morioka
    • Organizer
      Third Annual Conference for European Network of Japanese Philosophy
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] What is "the Dignity of the Human Body"? : A Japanese Philosopher's Reaction to Brain Death and Organ Transplantation2017

    • Author(s)
      Masahiro Morioka
    • Organizer
      Universite Libre de Bruxelles - Waseda's Conference on Bioethics
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Book] 運命論を哲学する2019

    • Author(s)
      入不二 基義、森岡 正博
    • Total Pages
      304
    • Publisher
      明石書店
    • ISBN
      9784750348261
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Philosophy and Meaning in Life Vol.1 : International Perspectives2019

    • Author(s)
      Masahiro Morioka (ed.)
    • Total Pages
      97
    • Publisher
      Journal of Philosophy of Life
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Nihilism and the Meaning of Life: A Philosophical Dialogue with James Tartaglia2017

    • Author(s)
      Masahiro Morioka (ed.)
    • Total Pages
      315
    • Publisher
      Journal of Philosophy of Life
    • ISBN
      9784990866822
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Funded Workshop] Second International Conference on Philosophy and Meaning in Life2019

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2017-04-28   Modified: 2021-02-19  

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