著者

田渕 久美子

出版者

活水女子大学

雑誌

活水論文集. 健康生活学部編 (ISSN:18807720)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.50, pp.91-102, 2007-03-31

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This paper criticizes the concept of acquired a priori by Hisatake Kato. The concept of acquired a priori is to build the foundation of character formation by congenital condition and imprinting. Kato describes the importance of a parent-child relation during childhood to prevent of juvenile crimes. Because he thinks the morality of humans is built by imprinting. However, recent imprinting studies have shown the concept of acquired a priori to be unrealistic. In addition, the educational philosophy of Kato is based on paternalism. Paternalistic education prioritizes a child's protection over a child's will. If we want to educate rational character of children, we have to give a right to self-determination. For this, we need to develop the requited knowledge and appropriate attitude.