2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Reconstruction of the Metaphysics of Morals using Dialectics as a Clue : Beyond Moral Naturalism
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19520005
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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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 Iwate University, 教育学部, 教授 (30183750)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2010
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| Keywords | 道徳形而上学 / 道徳的自然主義 / 自律 / 定言命法 / 内在主義 / 道徳の基礎付け / 弁証論 / 理性の自然的性向 |
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| Research Abstract |
I have verified that the new moral naturalism, which is based on the findings from such modern sciences as ecology and cerebral science, is valid to explain the generation of morality. However, on the other hand, I've also illuminated that there is a possibility that moral naturalism has destroyed an essential element of "well-being ". Additionally, I have explicated the following. To keep the essence of "well-being" and to make the moral good meaningful, it is necessary to reconstruct the metaphysics of morals. For this purpose, it is efficient to apply Kant's project of the foundation for the metaphysics of morals, which allows moral naturalism and takes the dialectical character of reason into account.
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