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Eiji Uehiro
うえひろ 榮治えいじ
Uehiro aged 74
Born (1937-06-06) 6 June 1937 (age 87)
Died11 January 2019(2019-01-11) (aged 81)
Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Occupation(s)Ethicist, social educator, writer
Known forFounding the Uehiro Foundation on Ethics and Education and Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics

Eiji Uehiro (うえひろ 榮治えいじ, Uehiro Eiji, 6 June 1937 – 11 January 2019) was a Japanese ethicist, social educator, and writer. He was the founder of the Uehiro Foundation on Ethics and Education, in 1987, and the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, in 2003.

Early life and education[edit]

Uehiro was born in Kumamoto Prefecture on 6 June 1937.[1] In 1960, he graduated from the Chuo University, Faculty of Law.[2]

Career[edit]

Uehiro established the Uehiro Foundation on Ethics and Education in 1987, which later became a partner of the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs. The foundation was inspired by his father, Tetsuhiko Uehiro, a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, whose experiences led him to forming a traditional ethics organization in Japan, which Uehiro considered not to have a universal or international enough focus.[3] In 2002, he established the Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics at the University of Oxford; a year later, this led to the formation of the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics.[4]

Recognition[edit]

Uehiro received the Medal with Blue Ribbon from the Emperor of Japan in 1997, for his services to ethical education.[5] In 2016, he received the Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd class.[6]

English publications[edit]

  • Uehiro, Eiji (2012). Practical Ethics for Our Time. Translated by Becker, Carl. Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4629-0480-8.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "「実践じっせん倫理りんりひろしせいかい名誉めいよ会長かいちょうわかれのかい」" [Farewell Gathering for Practical Ethics Koushou-kai Honorary Chairman] (in Japanese). 2019-02-26. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
  2. ^ "中央ちゅうおう大学だいがく卒業そつぎょうしゃ2016ねんあき叙勲じょくんしゃ" [Central University Graduates who Received Decorations in Autumn 2016] (PDF) (in Japanese). 2016. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
  3. ^ Becker, Carl B., ed. (1999). Asian and Jungian Views of Ethics. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-30452-1.
  4. ^ Persson, Ingmar; Savulescu, Julian (2012). "The Uehiro Series in Practical Ethics". Unfit for the Future: The Need for Moral Enhancement. Oxford: OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-965364-5.
  5. ^ "Eiji Uehiro". Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs. Archived from the original on 2017-05-26. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  6. ^ "じょうこう榮治えいじうえこう倫理りんり財団ざいだん会長かいちょう旭日重光章きょくじつじゅうこうしょう" [Eiji Uehiro, Chairman of the Eiji Uehiro Ethics Foundation, Order of the Rising Sun]. 日本にっぽん教育きょういく新聞しんぶん電子でんしばん NIKKYOWEB (in Japanese). 2016-11-14. Archived from the original on 2019-12-28. Retrieved 2021-02-14.