著者

木村 史人

出版者

日本倫理学会

雑誌

倫理学年報 (ISSN:24344699)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.67, pp.175-188, 2018 (Released:2019-04-01)

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In Being and Time(Sein und Zeit), Martin Heidegger points out that the personality of a person who is aware of their mortality is individualistic, and they seem not to have relationships with others. By contrast, in The Human Condition(Vita activa oder Vom tätigen Leben), Hanna Arendt emphasizes the relations between others as “action”(Handeln). In this article, I first of all endeavor to compare the “being-with”(Mitsein)in Being and Time with the “action” in The Human Condition, and from there attempt to reinterpret the Dasein as a performer of the action. This argument indicates that we are “with” others precisely in actions involved in unpredictable possibilities. Secondly, I focus on authenticity, which is disclosed when the Dasein is anticipating death and the existential structure of our “who” is revealed. It would appear that “individualization” and “no relation” negate being with others in the world, but this existential metamorphosis into authenticity is our transformation into Dasein as a performer of action in the world with others through our becoming aware that we are each a unique “who” who cannot be defined in the world. Death as the most extreme possibility is neither a predictable possibility nor an unpredictable possibility on the line that extends from the present into the future, but it shows that we ourselves are beings with potential in the sense of making these possibilities. By clearly showing the relationship between authenticity and the performer of the “action”, I endeavor to point out that the thoughts of Heidegger and Arendt are not opposing, but rather complement each other. Finally, this article shows that it is precisely because plural “whos” who are the most unique “beings with potential” when anticipating death face each other that actions have the characteristics of newness and initiative as if they were a “second birth.”

著者

木村 史人

出版者

日本倫理学会 ; 1952-

雑誌

倫理学年報 = Annuals of ethics (ISSN:04830830)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.67, pp.175-188, 2018

著者

木村 史人

出版者

立正大学文学部

雑誌

立正大学文学部論叢 = BUNGAKU-BU RONSO (ISSN:0485215X)

巻号頁・発行日

no.144, pp.25-66, 2021-03-20

著者

木村 史人

出版者

立正大学文学部

雑誌

立正大学文学部論叢 = The Journal of the Faculty of Letters Rissho University (ISSN:0485215X)

巻号頁・発行日

no.146, pp.27-101, 2023-03-20

著者

木村 史人

出版者

日本倫理学会

雑誌

倫理学年報 (ISSN:04830830)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.67, pp.175-188, 2018

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In <i>Being and Time</i>(<i>Sein und Zeit</i>), Martin Heidegger points out that the personality of a person who is aware of their mortality is individualistic, and they seem not to have relationships with others. By contrast, in <i>The Human Condition</i>(<i>Vita activa oder Vom tätigen Leben</i>), Hanna Arendt emphasizes the relations between others as "action"(Handeln).<br> In this article, I first of all endeavor to compare the "being-with"(<i>Mitsein</i>)in <i>Being and Time</i> with the "action" in <i>The Human Condition</i>, and from there attempt to reinterpret the <i>Dasein</i> as a performer of the action. This argument indicates that we are "with" others precisely in actions involved in unpredictable possibilities.<br> Secondly, I focus on authenticity, which is disclosed when the <i>Dasein</i> is anticipating death and the existential structure of our "who" is revealed. It would appear that "individualization" and "no relation" negate being with others in the world, but this existential metamorphosis into authenticity is our transformation into <i>Dasein</i> as a performer of action in the world with others through our becoming aware that we are each a unique "who" who cannot be defined in the world.<br> Death as the most extreme possibility is neither a predictable possibility nor an unpredictable possibility on the line that extends from the present into the future, but it shows that we ourselves are beings with potential in the sense of making these possibilities.<br> By clearly showing the relationship between authenticity and the performer of the "action", I endeavor to point out that the thoughts of Heidegger and Arendt are not opposing, but rather complement each other. Finally, this article shows that it is precisely because plural "whos" who are the most unique "beings with potential" when anticipating death face each other that actions have the characteristics of newness and initiative as if they were a "second birth."