1995 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
A trial to systematize the practical ethics, based on the analysis of various problems of bioethics, environmental ethics and information ethics
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06451008
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
倫理学
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| Research Institution | Chiba University |
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Principal Investigator |
IIDA Nobuyuki Faculty of Letters, Chiba Univ.(Professor), 文学部, 教授 (90009663)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
TAKAHASHI Kyuichiro Faculty of Letters, Chiba Univ.(Assoc.Professor), 文学部, 助教授 (60197134)
KUTUNA Keizo Faculty of Letters, Chiba Univ.(Assoc.Professor), 文学部, 助教授 (70192028)
TUCHIYA Shun Faculty of Letters, Chiba Univ.(Professor), 文学部, 教授 (50155404)
KATO Hisatake Faculty of Letters, Kyoto Univ.(Professor), 文学部, 教授 (10011305)
FUJIMURA Shinji Faculty of Medicine, Chiba Univ.(Professor), 医学部, 教授 (80143270)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1994 – 1995
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| Keywords | Applied ethics / Bioethics / Environmental ethics / Information ethics / Practical ethics |
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| Research Abstract |
The first subject of our research is to elucidate the common characteristics of the various fields of applied ethics, such as bioethics, environmental ethics and information ethics, and to make clear the relation between traditional ethics and the applied ones. It is known that in each field ethics is trying to find a solution of the new problems which are caused by the development of technology. In some cases, the solution may still be found by using the traditional concepts such as privacy, property rights and responsibility, but there appears to be cases in which solutions can not be found within the framework of traditional ethics. For example, the traditional concepts of responsibility can not be applied in some environmental problems such as acid rain and the destruction of the ozone layr, as we can not identify who caused them. In our highly sophistcated society there are also some traditional rules based upon the property right of rigid things which are not applicable when we try to protect the copyrights of some kinds of modern works which are easily be copied or transformed. The conditions of new rules were discussed amongst us, although the result was not satisfactory in our ipinion.
The second subject of our research is to develop an educational program of applied ethics. The goal was almost attained ; we installed sylabuses and some basic papers into the computer, which are easily accessible for the students. We also prepared slides and video cassettes.
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