2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Historical research on Japanese bioethical thought in the beginning of life sciences
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21500980
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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 |
Sociology/History of science and technology
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| Research Institution | Kogakuin University |
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Principal Investigator |
HAYASHI Makoto 工学院大学, 基礎・教養教育部門, 教授 (70293082)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2012
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| Keywords | 生命倫理学 |
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| Research Abstract |
Japanese bioethical thought of the 1970s, the beginning of life sciences age, contained critical views against the increase of controllability of life which was appearing along the development of biosciences and biotechnology. This research shows that the views are based on the idea of contradiction between life and technology. With this idea, the concept of life is characterized as contingency,uniqueness, mortality and sociality. It also shows that this concept of life has beenplayed an important role in the recent bioethical discussions.
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