著者

脇 崇晴

出版者

熊本大学

雑誌

先端倫理研究 : 熊本大学倫理学研究室紀要 (ISSN:18807879)

巻号頁・発行日

no.6, pp.101-117, 2012-03

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The aim of this paper is to show the significance of feelings in ethics. First, I will explain that the way of caring in terminal care enables us to accept patient's feelings. It is important for patients to express their own feelings to relieve pain, anger, grief and so on. Secondly, I will show that incidents such as ethnic conflict can not be solved simply by justice. Hatred and desire for revenge can not be removed by judgements or punishments. Such feelings have to be healed. Finally, I try to value feelings highly from a standpoint of virtue ethics. According to Aristotle, acting with opportune feelings is virtuous. Here the feelings are not opposed to reason, but rather reasonable. Everywhere in society, expressing feelings adequately is required.