International workshop to be hosted by the Center for Glocal Studies, Seijo University “Joint Action and Society”
event date:2018.11.17
The Center for Glocal Studies is hosting an international workshop titled “Joint Action and Society” on Saturday, November 17, 2018, at Seijo University. No registration is required and admission is free.
＜Dates & Venue＞
Date : Saturday, November 17, 2018, 13:00–17:45
Venue : Room 147, Building No. 1, Seijo University.
Directions can be found here
(The venue is a four-minute walk from Seijogakuen-mae Station on the Odakyu Odawara Line.)
Hosted by : Center for Glocal Studies, Seijo University
Language : English (no interpretation available)
Coordinator : Kanako Takae (Seijo University)
＜Inquiries＞
Center for Glocal Studies (CGS), Seijo University
Seijo 6-1-20, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 157-8511, Japan
Phone: 03-3482-1497 Fax: 03-3482-9740
Email: glocalstudies[at]seijo.ac.jp
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＜Speakers and themes＞
Keynote presentation:
Prof. Seumas Miller (Charles Sturt University)
"Joint Rights: Human Beings, Animals, and Corporations"
Presentation 1: Ms. Takae Kanako “Joint Rights with Animals?”
Presentation 2: Mr. Masanori Kataoka “Morality With Tools”
Comments: Dr. Haruka Tsutsui (Department of Biomedical Ethics, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo)
＜Summary/objective＞
Globalization generates economic, political, and cultural inequalities in local settings. These inequalities emerge as inherently local issues; however, at the same time, they spur a global asymmetry/ imbalance between the center and the margins/peripheries. To resist this tide, we must outline a vision of a resilient society, one that inclusively accommodates multicultural, multifaceted, and multilayered lives and values.
With this in mind, this workshop will explore the theoretical feasibility of such a society from the perspective of joint action, a concept set forth by philosophers. As the term suggests, joint action explores actions that people jointly perform, and it concerns a set of philosophical problems stemming from analytic philosophy, an Anglo-American school of philosophy that is interested in the actions of individuals. Joint action examines how our seemingly individual actions can become joint actions; in so doing, it aims to theoretically describe human communality and social action. In other words, joint action asks fundamental questions about how diverse individuals can come together and coexist in society. As such, it offers valuable hints regarding the model of a resilient society we seek to outline.
However, this workshop will go a step further by considering how society can include non-human entities. The effects of globalization are not only evident in human-human relationships. The advance of AI is transforming life and work styles across national borders. Likewise, the global phenomenon of climate change has local ramifications for animals, in addition to humans.
The presentations at the workshop will reflect this awareness. Guest speaker from Australia, Seumas Miller (Charles Sturt University), will deliver a keynote presentation on the possibility of joint rights between humans and various other entities. Kanako Takae (Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Glocal Studies, Seijo University) and Masanori Kataoka (part-time lecturer at the College of Economics, Yokohama National University) will present specific cases on joint actions with animals and tools, respectively. The presentations will be followed by a general commentary by Haruka Tsutsui (Department of Biomedical Ethics, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo).
