A Philosophical Research on the Boundary of Normativity with Analyzing Whistleblowing

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24720018
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Philosophy/Ethics
• Research Institution: Nanzan University
• Principal Investigator: OKUDA Taro 南山大学, 人文学部, 准教授 (20367725)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 規範性の境界 / 内部告発 / 自然主義 / 当事者性

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of this project was to investigate the nature of the boundary of normativity through a study of whistleblowing. Philosophical inquiries into the nature of the boundary that divides normativity between its inside and its outside and into the conditions that make it come into existence were conducted. It is concluded that (1) if we are the normative beings that are able to blow the whistle, it is possible for us to find some new referable norm beyond the border of a current given norm; (2) such a boundary exists, if and only if we share the ethical norm as bedrock which has a history and that it is impossible for us to leave.

Free Research Field

哲学、倫理学、応用倫理学