Eiji Uehiro

Japanese ethicist, social educator, and writer (1937–2019)

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Eiji Uehiro
上廣榮治
Uehiro aged 74
Born	(1937-06-06) 6 June 1937 (age 87) Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Died	11 January 2019(2019-01-11) (aged 81) Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Occupation(s)	Ethicist, social educator, writer
Known for	Founding the Uehiro Foundation on Ethics and Education and Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics

Eiji Uehiro (上廣榮治, 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

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

Career

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

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

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

References

^ "「実践倫理宏正会名誉会長お別れの会」" [Farewell Gathering for Practical Ethics Koushou-kai Honorary Chairman] (in Japanese). 2019-02-26. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
^ "中央大学卒業者2016年秋の叙勲者" [Central University Graduates who Received Decorations in Autumn 2016] (PDF) (in Japanese). 2016. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
^ Becker, Carl B., ed. (1999). Asian and Jungian Views of Ethics. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-30452-1.
^ 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.
^ "Eiji Uehiro". Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs. Archived from the original on 2017-05-26. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
^ "上廣榮治・上廣倫理財団会長に旭日重光章" [Eiji Uehiro, Chairman of the Eiji Uehiro Ethics Foundation, Order of the Rising Sun]. 日本教育新聞電子版 NIKKYOWEB (in Japanese). 2016-11-14. Archived from the original on 2019-12-28. Retrieved 2021-02-14.