2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Conceptual Analysis of Normativity of Democracy
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23720004
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Philosophy/Ethics
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| Research Institution | Ritsumeikan University (2013)
Gunma University (2011-2012) |
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Principal Investigator |
INOUE AKIRA 立命館大学, 先端総合学術研究科, 准教授 (80535097)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | 政治哲学 / 倫理学 / デモクラシー研究 |
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| Research Abstract |
The achievements of this study is as follows: First, the concept of democracy is fully explicated as a fundamental ideal for our society reflecting the values of freedom and equality, by going over recent studies on normativity of democracy. Second, the normative significance of indirect democracy as a realistic ideal of democracy is demonstrated in terms of its fitness with the inevitable imperfection of our human faculties. Third. the practical value of democracy is uncovered in the light of the two achievements mentioned above.
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