雑誌『国民之教育』にみる道徳教育論争 : 森文政期における『倫理書』編纂過程の再検討
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The aim of this paper is to clarify the historical significance of the debate on moral education during Mori Arinori's tenure as Minister of Education, by reexamining the compilation process of the Ministry of Education ethics textbook entitled Rinrisho. Although Rinrisho is commonly regarded as the direct product of Mori's own ideas, this paper will show, by focusing on the debate between the compilation members such as Nishimura Shigeki, Suga Ryoho, Kano Jigoro, Nose Sakae and Walter Dening, that the project was fraught with conflict and tension. A point of particular interest in this regard is the figure of Nishimura Shigeki. When the members failed to reach consensus and Nishimura was excluded from further involvement, he began to work against the project, arguing that ethics textbooks should be compiled by Imperial command, not by the Ministry of Education. Meanwhile, Nose and Suga, who had remained on the compilation committee, started to utilize the journal, Kokumin no Kyoiku, to promote their views on moral education. By focusing on this largely ignored journal, this paper brings to the fore the dynamic debate between Nishimura on the one hand, and the camp of Nose and Suga, on the other. Although both camps looked to universal "Truth" (shinri) instead of any particular religious or philosophical doctrine as the standard of morality, their views diverged sharply regarding the methods to be used to encourage the practice of this standard in students through moral education. I will argue that this divergence ultimately had its roots in opposing viewpoints concerning the ideal relation between politics and morality.
- 2012-10-01