2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Reconstruction of Human-animal relationships : Mutual influence between animal ethics and animal philosophy from the 1970s
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23820052
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Philosophy/Ethics
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| Research Institution | Waseda University |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2012
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| Keywords | 哲学 / 倫理学 / 思想史 / 動物倫理学 / 環境倫理学 / 生命倫理学 / 人間動物関係論 |
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| Research Abstract |
The purpose of the paper "Flesh-avoidance, Vegetarianism and Animals : Ethical Animal Theory and Human-animal Relationships," in Alethia Library, Volume 14 (Published by Ochanomizu Shobo, 2012) was to show that modern vegetarianism has three theoretical backgrounds : animal ethics, environmental ethics and science of nutrition, and that vegetarian tradition can be tracked back as far as the works of Hesiod, Plutarch, Porphyry, Rousseau and Shelley.
The paper "Why the Whaling Issue Cannot be Solved ?" in Japan's Debates for 2012 (Published by Bungei Shunju, 2011) put the whaling issue in the philosophical contexts. Focusing on the debates since 1970s, I suggested this problem should be treated more closely with respect to "human-animal relationships" as well as "animal rights" and "criticism of anthropocentrism".
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