Critical investigation of the metaphysical basis of Morals; for the reconstruction of minimal metaphysics of morals
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23520006
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Philosophy/Ethics
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| Research Institution | Iwate University |
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Principal Investigator |
USAMI KOSEI 岩手大学, 教育学部, 教授 (30183750)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
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| Keywords | 道徳の基礎 / 形而上学批判 / 自然主義 / 実践理性 / 道徳脳 / 創発 / 倫理学 / 形而上学 / 道徳の基礎付け / 道徳形而上学 / 動機づけ / 自由意志 / 尊厳 / 目的自体 / 進化論的説明 / 道徳判断 / 感情 / 道徳心理学 / 道徳の神経科学 / 普遍化可能性 / 自然主義的道徳理論 / メタ倫理学 / 随伴関係 / ヒューム / 道徳的実在論 / 精神医療 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Through the research of neuroscience, animal ecology and evolutionary biology, the naturalistic understanding of morals are progressing. According to such understanding, naturalists are criticizing the metaphysical concept of morals as injurious. I have admitted the significance of their critique of metaphysical concepts, but also have analyzed and reevaluated their scenario concerning the generation of morality, and confirmed that even the moral naturalist also tended to respect the metaphysical concepts or values such as "dignity " and " purpose itself ", when conceiving of the “Good life".
Also, it has been shown by a neuroscientist that the metaphysical moral concepts are certainly fictional, but they also affect the emergence of a new mental dimension, which constitutes the moral subject. And this means that the problem of metaphysics, which Kant had investigated, is based on human nature and still remains significant in the practical context.
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Research Products
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