On the Actuality of the Concept of Dignity

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25244001
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Philosophy/Ethics
• Research Institution: Hitotsubashi University
• Principal Investigator: Kato Yasushi 一橋大学, 大学院社会学研究科, 教授 (90183780)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 宇佐美 公生 岩手大学, 教育学部, 教授 (30183750) ; 齋藤 純一 早稲田大学, 政治経済学術院, 教授 (60205648) ; 松井 佳子 神田外語大学, 外国語学部, 教授 (60255180) ; 大河内 泰樹 一橋大学, 大学院社会学研究科, 教授 (80513374) ; 品川 哲彦 関西大学, 文学部, 教授 (90226134)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): Matsuda Jun 静岡大学, 人文社会科学部, 特任教授 (30125679) ; Shinji Tanaka 静岡大学, 人文社会科学部, 教授 (50207099) ; Yoshimi Bessho 名古屋市立大学, 人文社会系研究科, 教授 (10219149)
• Research Collaborator: Schönrich Gerhard Technische Universität Dresden, Professor Dr ; Sturma Dieter Universität Bonn, Professor Dr ; Quante Michael Universität Münster, Professor Dr ; Birnbacher Dieter Universität Düsseldorf, Professor Dr ; Iwasa Nobuaki 愛知学院大学, 教養部, 准教授 ; Kobayashi Michitaro 大阪医科大学, 看護学部, 准教授 ; Takahata Yuto 名古屋大学, 非常勤講師 ; Nakazawa Takeshi 明海大学, 非常勤講師
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 尊厳 / 生命の尊厳 / 自律 / 価値論 / 障害者に固有の尊厳

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The project examined various social problems related to the concept of “dignity” as well as scientific and academic discussions concerned with these issues. It was conducted by a research group consisting of members in Japan and abroad through the organization of several international workshops and continuous scholarly exchange with outside researchers, from Europe and North America in particular. The project has shown that it is the bio-centric framing of the “dignity” concept which demands further elaboration and will constitute a major focus of future reflections. Apart from individually published research papers and articles, the findings of this project have been published in the No. 1114 issue of Shiso; (Iwanami 2017), the edited volume Songen gainen no dainamizumu (in Japanese; “Dynamisms of the Dignity Concept”) (Hosei University Press 2017), and volumes 4~7 (2014~2017) of “German Applied Ethics Yearbook”; contributions in English, German, and Japanese).

Free Research Field

哲学・応用倫理学