著者

上山 敬補

出版者

鹿児島国際大学大学院

雑誌

鹿児島国際大学大学院学術論集 (ISSN:18838987)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.10, pp.43-52, 2018-11-30

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There has been a long-standing debate over the geographical origins of our species, but archeological finds suggest that modern human behavior began in Africa over 200,000 years ago. Since the beginning, humans have had to fight against severe environments. The dry savanna lands offered humans only a little food. Our early ancestors chose to cooperate with each other to fight against the difficult environment. They had to consider and respect others because cooperation needs certain mutual trust. In this way human beings developed the ability to consider and respect others throughout the process of evolution.Rawls (1971) senunal work A TJjeory of Justice juxtaposed human evolution, history and ability to establish a concept of justice capable of actualizing full cooperation. This current thesis builds on Rawls' concept and weighs its various problems pointed out by Amartya Sen, and Martha C. Nussbaum. Exploration of the principle for full cooperation based on mutual confidence is an important field that can enhance our long history of mutual cooperation and ability to cooperate.