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Life and Death Their Logical and Ethical Problems

Research Project

Project/Area Number 62450001
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Philosophy
Research InstitutionUniversity of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

FUJIMOTO Takashi  University of Tokyo, College of Arts and Sciences, 教養学部, 教授 (20001795)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) IMAI Tomomasa  University of Tokyo, College of Arts and Sciences, 教養学部, 助教授 (50110284)
TAKAHASHI Tetsuya  University of Tokyo, College of Arts and Sciences, 教養学部, 助教授 (60171500)
MIYAMOTO Hisao  University of Tokyo, College of Arts and Sciences, 教養学部, 助教授 (50157682)
YAMAMOTO Takashi  University of Tokyo, College of Arts and Sciences, 教養学部, 助教授 (70012515)
TSUESHITA Ryuei  University of Tokyo, College of Arts and Sciences, 教養学部, 教授 (00012261)
荻野 弘之  東京大学, 教養学部, 助手 (20177158)
Project Period (FY) 1987 – 1988
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1988)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000)
Fiscal Year 1988: ¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000)
KeywordsLife / Death / Action / Ethics / Norm / Self-Knowledge / Liberty / 生命倫理 / 心身問題 / 言語 / 意味 / 隠喩 / 自然 / 技術
Research Abstract

Today we are confronted with various types of serious medico-social problems concerning our life and death, as the result of recent developments of biological sciences and biotechnology. The purpose of this research is to provide current issues with some philosophical ethical points of view. Human life and death must be treated in a different way from that in which other creatures are dealt with as the object of scientific researches; for they cannot sufficiently be investigated without elucidating various philosophical problems centered around a most elementary question: "What am I?". The ultimate basis and meaning of our lives and deaths must be shown solely in terms of this "I". The results of our research, directed by this fundamental attitude of ours, are tentatively summarized as follows:
1. The existence of "Me" as supporter of the meaning of life and the world was examined from various aspects: for instance, (1) by analyzing the personal-identity problem in contemporary analytic philosophy, (2) by elucidating the structure of Self-Knowledge in the philosophical texts of socrates and plato and (3) by extracting the Aristotelian notion of "language-horizon" to illuminate the life and death of human individuals.
2. As to the structure of our practical actions, (1) we clarified their logical forms in terms of practical reasoning, as one of the central problems in the history of action-theory, and (2) scrutinized the original ideas of ST.Thomas and Spinoza to open up the ground and the essence of our free action.
3. As for the human foundations of bioethics, (1) we investigated relations of the human action and the social norms that are regulating them, on the bases of speech-act theory and the genetic theory of social norms, and (2) re-confirmed the importance of some complementary roles of both normative ethics and metaethics in developing ethical researches into the problems of life and death.

Report

(3 results)
  • 1988 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1987 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (26 results)

All Other

All Publications (26 results)

  • [Publications] 藤本隆志: 哲学への招待. 131-147 (1988)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1988 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 杖下隆英: 東京大学教養学部人文科学科紀要. 89(哲学24). (1989)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1988 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 山本巍: 哲学雑誌. 103ー775. 55-79 (1988)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1988 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 宮本久雄: 科学と宗教. 78-97 (1988)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1988 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 高橋哲哉: 現代思想. 16ー6. 186-201 (1988)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1988 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 今井知正: 哲学雑誌. 103ー775. 99-121 (1988)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1988 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 杖下隆英: "認識と価値" 東京大学出版会, (1989)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1988 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] FUJIMOTO, Takashi: "" Koi to Rinri (Action and Ethics) "" Tetsugaku eno Syotai. 131-147 (1988)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1988 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] YAMAMOTO, Takashi: "" Kotai to Sonzai (Being and Individuals) "" Tetsugaku-Zasshi. 103-775. 55-79 (1988)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1988 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] MIYAMOTO, Hisao: "" shyukyoteki Gengo ga Hiraku Chihei to Kagakuteki Sekai (The Horizon Discovered by the Religious Language and the Scientific World) "" Kagaku to Shyukyo. 78-97 (1988)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1988 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] TAKAHASHI, Tetsuya: "" Hogainamono no Kenri (The Right of the Enormous) "" Gendai-shiso (Seido-shya). 16-6. 186-201 (1988)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1988 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] TMAI, Tomomasa: "" Ziko-chi no Nazo (The Enigma of Self-Kowledge) "" Tetsugaku-Zasshi. 103-775. 99-121 (1988)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1988 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] TSUESHITA, Ryuei: " Ninshiki to Kachi (Knowledge and Value) ". Tokyo-daigaku-shuppankai, (1989)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1988 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 藤本隆志: 『哲学への招待』. 131-147 (1988)

    • Related Report
      1988 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 杖下隆英: 『東京大学教養学部人文 科学学科紀要』. 89(哲学24). (1989)

    • Related Report
      1988 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 山本巍: 『哲学雑誌』. 103-775. 55-79 (1988)

    • Related Report
      1988 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 宮本久雄: 『東京大学教養学部人文科学紀要』. 89(哲学24). (1989)

    • Related Report
      1988 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 高橋哲哉: 『現代思想』. 16-6. 186-201 (1988)

    • Related Report
      1988 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 今井知正: 『哲学雑誌』. 103-775. 99-121 (1988)

    • Related Report
      1988 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 杖下隆英: "認識と価値" 東京大学出版会, (1989)

    • Related Report
      1988 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 藤本隆志: 『夢と人間』(東京大学教養講座東京大学出版会刊). 14. 51-76 (1986)

    • Related Report
      1987 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 枝下隆英: 『イギリス思想研究〓書「ディヴィット・ヒューム研究」』(日本イギリス哲学会監修・御茶の水書房刊). 6. 49-72 (1987)

    • Related Report
      1987 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 山本巍: 『中世思想研究』(中世哲学会). 29. 121-128 (1987)

    • Related Report
      1987 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 宮本久雄: 『中世研究「中世の人間像」』(上智大学中世思想研究所編 創文社刊). 5. 3-28 (1987)

    • Related Report
      1987 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 高橋哲哉: 上. (1988)

    • Related Report
      1987 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 荻野弘之: 『西洋古典学研究』(日本西洋古典学会編 岩波書店刊). 35. 81-90 (1987)

    • Related Report
      1987 Annual Research Report

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