Reconstruction of Human-animal relationships : Mutual influence between animal ethics and animal philosophy from the 1970s

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23820052
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Philosophy/Ethics
Research Institution	Waseda University
Principal Investigator	HAMANO Takashi 早稲田大学, 文学学術院, 助教 (20608434)
Project Period (FY)	2011 – 2012
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
Budget Amount *help	¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000) Fiscal Year 2012: ¥260,000 (Direct Cost: ¥200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥60,000) Fiscal Year 2011: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
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 / 動物倫理 / 動物思想史 / 西洋哲学史 / 捕鯨文化論 / 西洋哲学 / 西洋倫理学 / 哲学原論・各論 / 倫理学原論・各論 / 社会思想史 / 比較思想史 / 比較文学 / 比較哲学
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".