A Study on A System of Categorical Imperatives and Invention of Hypothetical Technical Imperatives Under It

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23520010
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Philosophy/Ethics
• Research Institution: Fukushima University
• Principal Investigator: ONOHARA Masao 福島大学, 人間発達文化学類, 教授 (70261716)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: カント / 実践哲学体系 / 定言命法 / 法・政治哲学 / 実質的倫理学 / 仮言命法 / 市民参加 / 哲学カフェ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this reserch, I interpreted Immanuel Kant's Metaphysik der Sitten as a system of categorical imperatives. Differently from general understanding of categorical imperative, I clarified that all the duties of Law and Virtue in Metaphysik der Sitten can be called "categorical imperatives" and they constitute a whole system.
And moreover, I clarified that we need not only categorical imperatives but also hypothetical-technical ones in order to realize categorical ends which are imposed by the former. Café philosophique is held in Fukushima since 2011, and I regard it as one of hypothetical-technical imperatives which can realize true democratic society.

Free Research Field

倫理学