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Title
EXTENSION AND OBFUSCATION: TWO CONTRASTING ATTITUDES TO THE MORAL BOUNDARY
Creator
Creator Name
KUMASAKA, MOTOHIRO KUMASAKA, MOTOHIRO
熊坂, 元大 熊坂, 元大
Affiliation
Affiliation Name
Hitotsubashi University
Abstract
At the dawn of environmental philosophy, Asian thought, especially Japanese thought, was expected to be a plentiful source of inspiration to improve the relationship between human beings and nature. However, the influence ofAsian thought upon environmental philosophy seems to be very limited, or remains superficial. Concepts and theories in this field are almost all Western, while genuine Asian concepts and theories hardly appear outside studies about particular Asian cases. This paper compares the modern, Western, environmental mind and the natural thought found in Japanese culture. Through this comparison, we see the characteristics ofboth more clearly, in terms ofadvantages and limitations. To this end, this paper, firstly, analyzes the concept ofanthropocentrism, secondly, shows how Western environmentalism attempts to overcome anthropocentrism, and thirdly, considers anthropocentrism and nonanthropocentrism in Japanese culture.
Publisher
Hitotsubashi University
Issued Date
2012-12
Language
English(eng)
Resource Type
departmental bulletin paper
Version Type
VoR
selfDOI
10.15057/25390
ISSN
0073-280X
NCID
AA00207569
Source Title
Hitotsubashi journal of social studies
Volume Number
44
Issue Number
2
Page Start
21
Page End
33
Appears in Collections
Vol. 44, no. 2 (Dec. 2012)
URL
https://hdl.handle.net/10086/25390