表題番号:2015S-122 日付:2016/02/22
研究課題「人間のいのちの尊厳」と「ペルソナ」に関する基礎的研究
研究者所属(当時) 資格 氏名
(代表者) 人間科学学術院 人間科学部 教授 森岡 正博
研究成果概要
This fiscal year I studied the concept of human dignity from the perspective of "meaning in life" and concluded that there is the layer of "the heart of meaning in life," which cannot be compared, in principle, with other people's meaning in life. Using Thaddeus Metz's book Meaning in Life as an example, I demonstrated that the objectivist approach to the meaning of life is destined to fail to grasp this layer. I edited the book Reconsidering Meaning in Life, with the help of Metz, and published it as a digital form. With regard to the concept of persona and its relation to Buddhist thoughts, I did research on the concept from the perspective of philosophy of mind and found some interesting themes of discussion, but I have not reached any clear conclusions. I am intending to further continue researching on it.