広島大学

Basic Information

Major Professional Backgrounds

• 2011/04/01, 2014/03/31, Shimonoseki City University, Faculty of Economics, Associate Professor
• 2014/04/01, 2023/03/31, Shimonoseki City University, Faculty of Economics, Professor
• 2023/04/01, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor

Academic Degrees

• Ph.D. Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität
• M.A. Rissho University, Rissho University

Research Fields

• Humanities;Philosophy;Philosophy / Ethics

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

1. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Research Tutorial I
2. 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 1Term, Introductory Seminar for First-Year Students
3. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, Ethics
4. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Research on Modern Ethics
5. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Research on Applied Ethics
6. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, Seminar of Ethics
7. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Graduation Thesis
8. 2024, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Seminar of Ethics
9. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Practical Seminar for the Teaching Profession
10. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Practical Seminar for the Teaching Profession
11. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , First Semester, Research into Curriculum and Instruction Sciences (Specialization in Social Studies Education)
12. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , First Semester, Advanced Study in Curriculum and Instruction Sciences (Specialization in Social Studies Education)
13. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Second Semester, Research into Curriculum and Instruction Sciences (Specialization in Social Studies Education)
14. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Second Semester, Advanced Study in Curriculum and Instruction Sciences (Specialization in Social Studies Education)
15. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Special Study in Social Studies Education (Social Studies, Civics) A
16. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Special Study in Social Studies Education (Social Studies, Civics) A
17. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Basic Course in Teaching Material Design for Society and Life (Social Studies, Civics)
18. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Advanced Course in Teaching Material Design for Society and Life (Social Studies, Civics)
19. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , First Semester, Special Study
20. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Second Semester, Special Study

Research Activities

Academic Papers

1. ★, Should Nature Be Isolated or Incorporated? A Debate on Reproductive Medicine in Germany from the Perspective of the Place of Culture, Journal of Philosophy and Ethics in Health Care and Medicine, 15, 53-65, 202112
2. What is the virtue in biomedicine? A study through analysis of some types of philosophical argument against/for human genetic intervention, Shimonoseki City University Review, 61(1), 13-25, 2017

Publications such as books

1. 2020, Der Begriff der Person in systematischer wie historischer Perspektive: ein deutsch-japanischer Dialog, Takahiro Kirihara, Wie ist menschliches Zusammenleben möglich? Ausführungen zum Dialog zwischen kantischer Philosophie und der philosophischen Ethik in Japan vor allem in Beziehung auf "bürgerliche Persönlichkeit" und "Menschheit" (S. 31-49), mentis Verlag, Scholarly Book, Joint work, German, 978-3957430748, 328
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2. 2009, Verbindung freier Personen. Zum Begriff der Gemeinschaft bei Kant und Scheler, Verlag Königshausen & Neumann, Scholarly Book, Single work, German, Takahiro Kirihara, 978-3826040511, 363
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Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

1. Actuality of Unequal Intergenerational Responsibility: Hans Jonas and Karl-Otto Apel on the Ethics of Technology, KIRIHARA, Takahiro, 23rd biennial international conference of the Society for Philosophy and Technology, 2023/06/09, Without Invitation, English, Society for Philosophy and Technology, Tokyo, (Summary) According to Hans Jonas, the scope of responsibility should extend beyond the current generation of human society to subsequent generations, to human nature, and to the entire biosphere. Karl-Otto Apel criticized that, the human survival as ‘categorical imperative’, as Jonas argues, without consideration of means, could also be realized by Social Darwinism and he emphasizes that it is imperative to solve the problem of human survival in tandem with the realization of the ideal of justice, for which not only the idea of preservation but also of progress should be emphasized. On the other hand, in the end of 1960s, Jonas also clarified the virtue-ethical concepts, such as devotion and self-sacrifice in technological progress. This idea of Jonas could not only be compatible with the deontological ethics of consent between equal parties, but rather a prerequisite that enables it.