2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A theoretical investigation of ill-being through reflection on empirical research into the negative side of well-being
| Project/Area Number |
16K02148
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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 | Nagoya University (2018-2021)
Kansai University of Welfare Sciences (2016-2017) |
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Principal Investigator |
Suzuki Makoto 名古屋大学, 人文学研究科, 准教授 (30536488)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2016-04-01 – 2022-03-31
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| Keywords | 福利・厚生 well-being / 幸福 / 不幸 / 心理学と倫理学 / 感情価 hedonic tone / 個人的価値 personal value / 個人間比較 / 人口倫理 population ethics |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
(1) As a solution to the various conundrums of population ethics, I have proposed and tentatively defended the theory that the priority of the principle of aggregation of well-being changes from the total version to the average version as the sum of the welfare of the population (and the welfare per individual) shifts from negative to positive. (2) As a theory of personal value including well-being and of its positive vs. negative distinction, I have proposed and defended the theory that one’s personal values are the intentional objects of her psychological reactions with hedonic tone, and that the polarity of the tone determines that of the values. (3) I have defended the naturalistic realist position that personal values exist as something that can be explored by science. (4) From a naturalistic standpoint, I have refuted various arguments to the effect that a subjective theory of personal values makes it impossible (or meaningless) to compare and aggregate them across individuals.
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| Free Research Field |
哲学・倫理学
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
本研究は、あまり注目されてこなかった、福利の負の側面としての不幸の本性とその評価の問題を特に扱った。人口倫理の領域に立ち入って、不幸の本性とその倫理評価における役割を明確化し、不幸を考慮の一つとする規範理論の発展に貢献した。また心理学研究を踏まえながら、不幸を幸福と区別しつつ統一的に評価し個人間で比較することの原理的可能性を示した。そして、不幸の逆である幸福や、両者を含む福利と個人的価値全体とその機能についての理解も促進した。さらに、個人的価値は当事者にとって重要な価値でありつつ実証研究の対象ともなりうる存在であることを論じて、福利（不幸と幸福）・個人的価値に関する研究の学際的意義を示した。
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