The development of theory and technique to correct group inequality: sociological examination of non-ideal theory

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 22K20198
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: 0108:Sociology and related fields
• Research Institution: Nagasaki University
• Principal Investigator: Terada Kuniyuki 長崎大学, 多文化社会学部, 助教 (30952650)
• Project Period (FY): 2022-08-31 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 非理想理論 / 関係的平等 / 認識的不正義 / セグリゲーション / アファーマティブ・アクション

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Non-ideal theories in political philosophy examine how injustices such as inequality and oppression in a real situations should be corrected. This study investigated what contributions sociology can make to the construction of non-ideal theories. As a result of the investigation, it was concluded that sociology, as a discipline that observes society from within, is required not so much to evaluate the effectiveness of various policy interventions aimed at alleviating injustice, as to analyze and evaluate the processes through which injustice is reproduced, including various unintended consequences inherent in them. Furthermore, it was concluded that there is a need to analyze how the injustices identified by non-ideal theories are accomplished by people in everyday interactions.

Free Research Field

社会学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

学術的意義としては、これまで分析が深められていなかったエリザベス・アンダーソンの非理想理論の内容やその意義、限界を明らかにすることができたことが指摘できる。社会的意義としては、非理想理論の応用として、不平等を解消するための政策であるアファーマティブアクションがとるべき方向性を示したことが指摘できる。