Research on the Conflict between the Public Paramountcy Principle and Obligation to Consider the Environment in Engineering Ethics

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 17K13326
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Philosophy/Ethics
• Research Institution: Kobe City College of Nursing (2018-2021); Kurume National College of Technology (2017)
• Principal Investigator: Fujiki Atsushi 神戸市看護大学, 看護学部, 准教授 (80609248)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 公衆優先原則 / 環境配慮義務

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The final result of the study was that "the words 'public safety, health, and welfare' and 'environmental considerations' in the Public Priority Principle and the Duty to Care for the Environment have multiple meanings, and it is therefore important to clarify what exactly these words mean. The "public first principle" and the "duty of care" in the environmental obligation are not the same. Without clarifying the substance of the public-first principle and the duty to care for the environment, it is difficult to resolve the conflicts that arise between the public-first principle and the duty to care for the environment. This study has allowed us to develop a template for a standard that could resolve these conflicts.

Free Research Field

工学倫理、技術者倫理、環境倫理学、科学技術社会論

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究成果によって、少なくとも公衆優先原則と環境配慮義務(およびそれに類する種々の義務)の間に生ずる可能性のある相反関係については、今後より詳細な分析が必要となる可能性が示唆された。