Study of Nietzsche's moral philosophy founded on the concept of play

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K00010
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 01010:Philosophy and ethics-related
• Research Institution: Kagoshima University
• Principal Investigator: Niina Takashi 鹿児島大学, 法文教育学域教育学系, 准教授 (30336078)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: ニーチェ / 遊戯 / 力への意志 / 生の肯定 / 人生の意味 / 自由意志と道徳的責任の懐疑論 / 道徳的反実在論 / 道徳の因果性

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The basic purpose of this study was to clarify Nietzsche's meta-ethical position, and to explore the possibilities of an interpretation that would clarify this position by founding it on the concept of "play.
This study resulted in five academic papers and related symposia and presentations at conferences and research meetings. Through these results, I was able to clarify to a considerable extent the substance and formation process of Nietzsche's concept of play, and I was also able to significantly develop the interpretation of Nietzsche's moral theory from the perspective of contemporary meta-ethics and the philosophy of freedom and responsibility. Furthermore, in line with the Nietzschean concept of play, I could also show the significance of Nietzsche's thought in the contemporary philosophy of the meaning of life and the philosophy of the denial of life as seen in anti-natalism.

Free Research Field

哲学・倫理学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

ニーチェにおける遊戯概念の重要性は周知のことだが，その重要性の内実についてはこれまで明確にされてこなかった。本研究は，行為を遊戯と捉えるニーチェの行為論が後に力への意志説として展開されることをテクストに即して明確に示した。また，この解釈において示したニーチェの遊戯の思想が，現代の人生の意味の哲学や反出生主義との対比において興味深い現代的意義をもつことも明らかにした。
さらに本研究は，ニーチェにおける自由と責任の問題を現代の自由と責任の哲学との関係における明確化と，ニーチェの道徳的反実在論の論拠の明確化という，ニーチェ道徳思想の現代的意義に関する重要な成果をあげた。