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Shimizu Hayate
| Center for Human Nature Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience | Specially Appointed Assistant Professor |
My research centers on (1) exploring Kant's virtue theory with a particular focus on the role of feelings in moral striving and (2) developing an ethical framework grounded in Kantian philosophy to address the relationships between humans and non-human entities, including animals and artificial agents such as AI and robots. Additionally, (3) I investigate the ethical challenges of creating a society where humans and technologies coexist harmoniously.
1. The Framework of a Virtuous Agent in Kantian Ethics
My research investigates Kant’s framework of a virtuous agent, emphasizing the roles of habits and feelings in moral striving. I examine how individuals fulfill their duties to themselves by developing the habitus of moral will—a capacity to appropriately regulate and refine emotions in the pursuit of virtue. Central to this inquiry is the positive affective states associated with moral self-determination, such as moral contentment with oneself (Selbstzufriedenheit), moral pleasure (moralischen Lust), and cheerfulness (Fertigkeit). I also explore the conceptual continuity between these positive feelings as rational feelings like respect (Achtung) and the sense of the sublime (das Erhabene), aiming to provide a comprehensive understanding of the moral life of a virtuous person in Kantian ethics.
2. Worthy of Moral Consideration for Animals and Robots in Kantian Ethics
I explore the moral consideration of animals and robots through Kant's concept of duties of virtue. According to Kant, while animals are not direct objects of moral duty, our treatment of them affects our moral emotions—such as sympathy—and thereby influences our duty of virtue toward ourselves. Thus, Kant argues that we have duties regarding our treatment of animals (indirect duties). This study engages with contemporary Kantian scholars like Christine Korsgaard, who argues that animals should be considered ends in themselves and, therefore, direct objects of moral duty, and Matthew Altman, who defends the concept of indirect duties. Additionally, I explore Nico Müller's work, which develops a new framework for moral consideration of animals as part of Kantian duties of virtue, examining the limits and implications of Kant’s text and its interpretations.
In the context of robot ethics, I analyze the potential extension of Kant’s indirect duty framework to artificial entities, as scholars such as Kate Darling and Mark Coeckelbergh proposed. While they argue that our indirect duties toward animals could apply to robots, I contend that this framework may be insufficient for human-robot relationships. By applying Kant’s category of duties to promote others' happiness, I argue that if relationships with robots can enhance the well-being of specific individuals, the duty to protect meaningful relationships with robots could be justified as a way to promote the happiness of those who benefit from these interactions. This discussion will also be useful in the context of animal ethics, particularly in considering the special relationship between humans and companion animals from an ethical perspective.
3. Relational Ethics for Human-Artificial Relationships
This line of research critically examines the possibility of attributing moral status to robots from a relational perspective. By integrating animistic and Japanese philosophical traditions, I focus on the norms of care and consideration that arise only within specific, concrete relationships. My work explores how relational ethics can be used to defend and foster meaningful human-artificial interactions, contributing to a broader understanding of coexistence with artificial agents.
Researcher basic information
■ Degree- Bachelor, University of Tsukuba, Mar. 2021
- Master, Hokkaido University, Mar. 2023
- Doctor of Philosophy in the field of Humanities, Hokkaido University, Mar. 2026
- Certificate in Human Nature, Artificial Intelligence, and Neuroscience Program, Hokkaido University, Mar. 2026
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- Apr. 2026 - Present
Hokkaido University, CHAIN: Center for Human Nature, Artificial Intelligence, and Neuroscience, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor - Apr. 2024 - Mar. 2026
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 特別研究員（DC2） - Nov. 2024 - Dec. 2024
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI), Visiting Student, 上廣倫理財団の支援をうけて、オーストラリア・マードック小児医療研究所、およびメルボルン大学にて、英文による論文作成能力や海外のジャーナルへの投稿技術を身につけるプログラムに参加, Australia - Apr. 2024 - Aug. 2024
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Visiting PhD Student, Germany - Jul. 2023 - Mar. 2024
Sugiyama Jogakuen University, 非常勤研究員
- Apr. 2023 - Mar. 2026, Hokkaido University, 大学院文学院, 人文学専攻 博士後期課程
- Sep. 2021 - Mar. 2026, CHAIN: Center for Human Nature, Artificial Intelligence, and Neuroscience
- Apr. 2021 - Mar. 2023, Hokkaido University, Graduate School of Letters, 人文学専攻 修士課程
- Apr. 2017 - Mar. 2021, University of Tsukuba, School of Humanities and Culture, College of Humanities
Research activity information
■ Awards- Jul. 2023, 日本学生支援機構（JASSO）, 第一種奨学金、特に優れた業績による返還免除（半額免除）
清水颯 - Apr. 2023, Japan Association for the Contemporary and Applied Philosophy, Award
Is the effectivealtruism an obligation?
Masashi Takeshita, Hayate Shimizu - Apr. 2023, Effective Altruism Japan, EA Japan Translation & prize essay competition winner
清水颯
- The Unpleasant Pleasure of Virtue: A Conflict Model of Kantian Eudaimonism
Hayate Shimizu
Kantian Review, 1, 18, Cambridge University Press (CUP), 06 Jul. 2026, [Peer-reviewed]
Scientific journal, Abstract
This paper examines the pleasant state of virtue in Kantian eudaimonism. I investigate how Kantian virtue can be eudaimonistic for finite agents, for whom conflict is never eliminated. I argue that the pleasant dimension of virtue is realized not through harmony between reason and sensibility but as a pleasant state that is structurally dependent on a negative sensible moment of displeasure for finite agents. Drawing on Kant’s account of rational feelings, I show how virtue’s pleasantness does not erase conflict but is instead intelligible within a non-harmonizing conflict model of Kantian eudaimonism – one that finite agents inevitably face. - After the death of the author: generative AI and the ethics of academic evaluation
David J Gunkel; Hayate Shimizu
JME Practical Bioethics, 2, 3, e000302, e000302, BMJ, Jul. 2026, [Peer-reviewed], [Invited]
English, Scientific journal - Who belongs in the moral circle? AI systems and the limits of inclusion
Hayate Shimizu; Anna Puzio; Kamil Mamak; David J. Gunkel
Asian Journal of Philosophy, 5, 2, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 20 Jun. 2026, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
English, Scientific journal - Ethics of the Design of Animal-like Robots
Kamil Mamak; Masashi Takeshita; Hayate Shimizu
Science and Engineering Ethics, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 11 Apr. 2026, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - Relational Selfhood, Queering, and Design Risk: A Commentary on van der Horst and Puzio
Hayate Shimizu; Masaki Ooka
Philosophy & Technology, 39, 2, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 25 Mar. 2026, [Invited], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
Scientific journal - Reconstructing Kant’s Theory of Virtue and Its Application Feeling in the Virtuous Person and the Moral Consideration of Non-Human Beings
Hayate Shimizu
Doctoral Dissertation, Mar. 2026
Japanese, Doctoral thesis - Who Writes My Papers?: Deception and Kantian Duties in AI-Assisted Journal Submission
Hayate Shimizu
Philosophy & Technology (forthcoming), 2026, [Invited]
English - Should we treat robots morally? Towards a relational account by mind-infusing animism
Hayate Shimizu
AI and Ethics, Springer, Oct. 2025, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal, In this paper, I explore the grounds for the moral treatment of robots by proposing a new relational approach inspired by Japanese animistic thought. Traditionally, two major approaches have dominated discussions on the moral treatment of robots: (1) The properties approach, which bases moral treatment on intrinsic properties such as consciousness and sentience (Sparrow in Ethics Inf Technol 6(4):203–213, 2004; Bryson in Wilks (ed) Close engagements with artificial companions: key social, psychological, ethical and design issues, John Benjamins Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 2010; Mosakas in AI Soc 36(2):429–443, 2021; DeGrazia in Perspect Biol Med 65(1):73–88, 2022), and (2) the relational approach, which bases moral treatment on the appearance of robots within relationships (Coeckelbergh in Philos Technol 27(1):61–77, 2014, Coeckelbergh in Minds Mach. 31:337–360, 2021, Coeckelbergh in Ethics Inf Technol 25(3):44, 2023; Gunkel in Robot rights, MIT Press, Cambridge, 2018, Gunkel in Loh and Loh (eds) Social robotics and the good life: the normative side of forming emotional bonds with robots. transcript Verlag, Bielefeld, 2022). Building on the foundational work on the relational approach of Coeckelbergh and Gunkel, I explore the potential and implications for expanding the relational approach by introducing an animistic understanding of the mind. To do so, I adopt an animistic perspective, distinguishing between two forms of animism: mind-reading animism and mind-infusing animism. The distinction between these approaches lies in their understanding of the “mind.” Mind-reading animism interprets the mind as an inherent, static property, making moral treatment dependent on human-like properties. In contrast, mind-infusing animism, drawing on Ōmori Shōzō’s philosophical view, interprets the mind as dynamically constructed through interaction. Rather than focusing on static, human-like properties, this approach emphasizes the relational process in which robots are infused with a mind through interaction. By framing the moral treatment of robots within this relational dynamic, mind-infusing animism provides a new relational framework for evaluating the moral treatment of robots. Finally, while mind-infusing animism provides a meaningful contribution to advancing relational approaches, we point out that it also faces limitations. - Kantianism for the Ethics of Human–Robot Interaction
Hayate Shimizu
Philosophy & Technology, 38, 3, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 24 Jul. 2025, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal, This paper explores the implications of applying Kantianism, traditionally focused on human moral agents, to the ethics of human–robot interaction. Kantian approaches have often been regarded as ineffective for assessing whether non-human entities like robots deserve moral consideration. However, this paper argues that Kantian resources provide more substantial support for the moral consideration of robots and the value of human–robot relationships than is commonly assumed. The analysis proceeds in three steps. First, the paper examines Kant’s doctrine of ends in themselves, which has traditionally viewed robots solely as instrumental means. Second, it discusses a Kantian perspective on indirect duties, emphasizing how human interactions with robots influence human virtue and moral feeling. This framework justifies norms against cruel behavior toward robots to protect one’s moral character but remains insufficient as it only prescribes “avoiding cruelty insofar as it affects one’s character.” Finally, to address this limitation, the paper introduces a Kantian perspective grounded in the duty to promote others’ happiness as an obligatory end. This approach enables the derivation of a duty to protect human–robot relationships based on moral concern for individuals who find happiness through such relationships. - Instrumental, Intrinsic, and Functional Scarcity
Katsunori Miyahara; Hayate Shimizu
Philosophy & Technology, 38, 3, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 11 Jul. 2025, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal - A New Kantian Approach to Animal Ethics: A Critical Review of Kantianism for Animals
Hayate Shimizu
応用倫理―理論と実践の架橋―, 16, 87, 97, Jun. 2025, [Peer-reviewed]
Japanese, Scientific journal - The Role of Habitus in Kant's Theory of Virtue
Hayate Shimizu
Tetsugaku, 76, 219, 232, Apr. 2025, [Peer-reviewed]
Japanese, Scientific journal - Does Living Ethically Make Life Meaningful? An Analysis from a Kantian Perspective
Hayate Shimizu
Journal of Applied Ethics and Philosophy, 16, 15, 21, Mar. 2025, [Peer-reviewed]
English, Scientific journal, This study explores how people should live their lives to make them meaningful, adopting a Kantian perspective. Specifically, this paper focuses on Kant's theory of virtue and argues that we can make our lives meaningful by living ethically. In the context of the philosophy of meaning in life, this view aligns with a form of objectivism, which holds that life becomes meaningful through the achievement of moral value in accordance with objective norms. Additionally, this paper incorporates elements of subjectivism into the objectivist framework, suggesting that living an ethical life makes life meaningful, emphasizing that subjective satisfaction derived from following moral norms is combined with a meaningful life. Drawing on Kant’s argument that a virtuous agent experiences a sense of self-satisfaction as a reward for leading an ethical life, this approach is termed the Kantian hybrid theory. Finally, this paper interprets life as meaningful when we are satisfied with our state of being, which results from living ethically. - Kantian Ethics and Strictness in Compliance with Duties: Hope and Emotion to Progress Moral Strivings
Hayate Shimizu
JAPANISCHE KANT-STUDIEN, 25, 139, 150, Aug. 2024, [Peer-reviewed]
Japanese, Scientific journal - Is Effective Altruism a Moral Obligation? : Justification from Consequentialism and Kantian Perspectives
Masashi Takeshita; Hayate Shimizu
Contemporary and Applied Philosophy, 15, 135, 171, 応用哲学会, Apr. 2024, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author], [Domestic magazines]
Japanese, Scientific journal - Kantian Dog Argument and Robot Ethics ―A Critical Examination of the Defense of the Moral Status of Robots―
Hayate Shimizu
Japanese Student Research Notes of Philosophy of Science, 7, 19, 27, Apr. 2024, [Peer-reviewed]
Japanese, Scientific journal - Reason as Master, Emotion as Slave? : What Kantian Virtues Demand
Hayate SHIMIZU
Journal of the Faculty of Humanities and Human Sciences, 19, 1, 8, Feb. 2024
English, Scientific journal - The Role of Emotions in Kant's Virtue Theory
Hayate SHIMIZU
Master's thesis, 2023
Japanese, Master thesis - Maxims and Actions: The Hierarchical Interpretation of Kant's Concept of Maxims
Hayate SHIMIZU
Research Journal of the Graduate School of Humanities and Human Sciences, 22, 137, 150, Jan. 2023
Japanese, Scientific journal - Perfection and Obligation : An Aspect of 18th Century German Ethical Thought
Hayate SHIMIZU
Research Journal of the Graduate School of Humanities and Human Sciences, 21, 237, 251, Jan. 2022
Japanese, Research institution - Public Sphere and Communicability in Arendt's Theory of Judgment
Hayate SHIMIZU
倫理学, 35, 173, 188, 2019
Japanese, Research institution
- Relating to AI: How Ethics Emerges in Encounters with New Others
Hayate Shimizu, かみのたね, 2026
フィルムアート社のWebマガジン「かみのたね」にて2026年2月より連載。, Japanese, Introduction commerce magazine - [Book review] 松田毅・藤木篤・新川拓哉編『3STEPシリーズ6 応用哲学』（昭和堂，2023年刊行）
Hayate Shimizu, 科学哲学, 57, 2, 77, 80, Mar. 2025, [Invited]
Japanese, Book review - Is a Robot a Person, Thing, or Otherwise? --Person, Thing, Robot and the Relational Turn by David Gunkel
Hayate Shimizu, 現代生命哲学研究, 14, 74, 89, Mar. 2025
Japanese, Book review - Relational Norms for Human-AI Cooperation
Brian D. Earp; Sebastian Porsdam Mann; Mateo Aboy; Edmond Awad; Monika Betzler; Marietjie Botes; Rachel Calco; Mina Caraccio; Nick Chater; Mark Coeckelbergh; Mihaela Constantinescu; Hossein Dabbagh; Kate Devlin; Xiaojun Ding; Vilius Dranseika; Jim A. C. Evere; Ruiping Fan; Faisal Feroz; Kathryn B. Francis; Cindy Friedman; Orsolya Friedrich; Iason Gabriel; Ivar Hannikainen; Julie Hellmann; Arasj Khodadade Jahrome; Niranjan S. Janardhanan; Paul Jurcys; Andreas Kappes; Maryam Ali Khan; Gordon Kraft-Todd; Maximilian; Kroner Dale; Simon M. Laham; Benjamin Lange; Muriel Leuenberger; Jonathan Lewis; Peng Liu; David M. Lyreskog; Matthijs Maas; John McMillan; Emilian Mihailov; Timo Minssen; Joshua Teperowski Monrad; Kathryn Muyskens; Simon Myers; Sven Nyholm; Alexa M. Owen; Anna Puzio; Christopher Register; Madeline G. Reinecke; Adam Safron; Henry Shevlin; Hayate Shimizu; Peter V. Trei; Cristina Voinea; Karen Yan; Anda Zahiu; Renwen Zhang; Hazem Zohny; Walter Sinnott-Armstrong; Ilina Singh; Julian Savulescu; Margaret S. Clark, arXiv, 2025
English, Technical report - Report on the 5th “Philosophy of AI” Conference
Hayate Shimizu; Katunori Miyahara, Contemporary and Applied Philosophy, 15, 172, 177, Sep. 2024, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author]
Japanese, Meeting report - 【Book Review】Nico D. Müller (2022) Kantianism for Animals
Hayate Shimizu; Masashi Takeshita, 『応用倫理』, 15, 46, 48, Apr. 2024, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author]
Japanese, Book review - [Translation] William MacAskill, 'The Definition of Effective Altruism'
Hayate Shimizu, Effective Altruism Forum, Jan. 2024
Japanese, Others
- Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence: The State of the Art (Vincent C. Müller, Leonard Dung, Guido Löhr, Aliya Rumana eds.)
Katsunori Miyahara; Hayate Shimizu, Discerning genuine and artificial sociality: a technomoral wisdom to live with chatbots
Springer-Verlag GmbH, Apr. 2026, 9783032100726, 466, English, Scholarly book, [Peer-reviewed], [Contributor] - 生物とAIのあいだで哲学する: 「不器用で中途半端な人間」を理解するために
高木 駿; 清水 颯, 第2部（第6章-10章）
青弓社, 30 Mar. 2026, 4787210602, 212, Japanese, [Joint work] - Immanuel Kant, Three Hundred Years Later
Hayate Shimizu, Habitus and Emotions in Kant’s Virtue Ethics [p. 129-137]
Tirant Lo Blanch, Apr. 2025, 9788410811904, 292, p. 129-137, English, Scholarly book, Keeping open the dialogue with past tradition is nothing other than vivifying the philosophical exercise, where new problems germinate and new spaces of transformation flourish through the word. Now, on the tercentenary of Immanuel Kant's birth, this volume is a testimony to the mark left by the Königsberg philosopher on the history of thought, and to his current validity in the revitalization of new paths for philosophical thought.
Margit Ruffing and Sandra Navalón, prologue., [Peer-reviewed], [Contributor]
- Between Us and AI: Relational Ethics and What We Owe Beyond Moral Status
Hayate Shimizu
International Symposium "Rethinking Humanity in the Age of AI", 05 Sep. 2026, English, Oral presentation
04 Sep. 2026 - 05 Sep. 2026 - Loving LLMs: A Relational Approach to Personalized AI Intimacy
Sonia Yuhui Zhang; Hayate Shimizu
Robophilosophy Conference 2026, 13 Aug. 2026, English
11 Aug. 2026 - 14 Aug. 2026 - Ethics as Relationally Embedded: Japanese Philosophical Resources for the Relational Turn in Robot Ethics
Hayate Shimizu
Robophilosophy Conference 2026 Workshop 7 "The Relational Turn in Robot Ethics: A Moral Framework for Connected Futures", 13 Aug. 2026, English, Public symposium
11 Aug. 2026 - 14 Aug. 2026, [Invited] - How Relationships with AI Transform Ethics: Eco-Relationality through Watsuji’s Fūdo and Aidagara
Hayate Shimizu
Watsuji Workshop, 23 Jul. 2026, English
[Invited] - Who Writes My Papers? Kantian Duties in the Age of Generative AI
Hayate Shimizu
CHAIN mini Workshop "Kantian Approaches to Applied Ethics", 23 Jun. 2026, English, Oral presentation - Respect Within Kantian Care"
Hayate Shimizu
The Japanese Kant Study Group June Meeting (387th Meeting) Special Session: Reconsidering Kant’s Practical Philosophy, 21 Jun. 2026, English, Oral presentation - Loving LLM
Hayate Shimizu; Sonia Yuhui Zhang
Japan Association of Contemporary and Applied Philosophy, 30 May 2026, English, Oral presentation
30 May 2026 - 31 May 2026 - Who Belongs in the Moral Circle? AI Systems and the Limits of Inclusion from a Relational Approach
Hayate Shimizu
The 4th Φ (PHAI) Workshop on Philosophy and AI, 17 May 2026, English, Oral presentation
16 May 2026 - 17 May 2026, Yonsei University, Korea, Republic of, [Invited] - 哲学史研究は何を目指しているのか
稲荷森輝一; 西山 慧; 松田新; 前田友吾; 清水颯
日本哲学会第85回大会, 16 May 2026, Japanese, Oral presentation
16 May 2026 - 17 May 2026 - Respect for the Digital Will?: The Dilemma of Delegated Agency under Cognitive Decline
Hayate Shimizu; Katsunori Miyahara
CHAIN mini workshop ”Generative AI and philosophy”, 29 Mar. 2026, English, Oral presentation - From "Thing" to "Other": Relational Approach in Robot Ethics
Hayate Shimizu
Human-Robot Relationships from Philosophy, 10 Feb. 2026, Japanese, Oral presentation
10 Feb. 2026 - 10 Feb. 2026 - The Paradox of Respect for Persons in the Age of Digital Duplication
Hayate Shimizu; Katsunori Miyahara
Kobe Philosophy Seminar Series (16): Ethics of AI, 03 Feb. 2026, Japanese, Oral presentation
03 Feb. 2026 - 03 Feb. 2026, [Invited] - Is it Really a Non-Dilemma?: A Relational Approach to the Reality of the Human-AI Dilemma
Hayate Shimizu
Fudan-CHAIN Philosophy workshop "Virtues in the age of AI", 09 Jan. 2026, English
09 Jan. 2026 - 11 Jan. 2026 - From Ningyō to Robots: Institutional Turn for Ethics of Non-Human Object
Masaki Ooka; Hayate Shimizu
Hokkaido Workshop on AI Ethics and Philosophy, 18 Dec. 2025, English, Oral presentation
18 Dec. 2025 - 18 Dec. 2025 - Ethical Dilemmas Regarding Digital Duplicate
Hayate Shimizu; Katsunori Miyahara
日本科学哲学会第58回大会, 30 Nov. 2025, Japanese, Oral presentation
29 Nov. 2025 - 30 Nov. 2025 - The Institutional Turn for the Relational Approach in Robot Ethics
Masaki Ooka; Hayate Shimizu
AI Ethics: Challenges for the Construction of New Normative Frameworks, 15 Nov. 2025, English, Oral presentation
15 Nov. 2025 - 15 Nov. 2025 - What Does Kant's Duty of Love Require?—Respond to Others' Needs and Empathize
Hayate Shimizu
日本カント協会 第50回記念大会, 08 Nov. 2025, Japanese, Oral presentation
08 Nov. 2025 - 09 Nov. 2025 - Rethinking Anthropocentrism: From Relational Turn in Robot Ethics
Hayate Shimizu
第76回日本倫理学会大会, 10 Oct. 2025, Japanese, Nominated symposium
10 Oct. 2025 - 12 Oct. 2025 - The Duty of Love and Respect in Kant: Beyond the Tension Between Interference and Non-Interference
Hayate Shimizu
2025 年度 哲学若⼿研究者フォーラム研究集会, 05 Oct. 2025, Japanese, Oral presentation
04 Oct. 2025 - 05 Oct. 2025 - Relational Ethics for a Technological World: From Eco-Relations to Aidagara
Hayate Shimizu; Anna Puzio
Workshop "Envisioning the future of AI society: From a technical to a technosocial vision", 23 Jul. 2025, English, Oral presentation
21 Jul. 2025 - 23 Jul. 2025 - Special obligations from relationships with robots: Beyond the relational approach to moral status
Hayate Shimizu
24th biennial international conference of the Society for Philosophy and Technology (SPT 2025), 26 Jun. 2025, English, Oral presentation
25 Jun. 2025 - 28 Jun. 2025, Eindhoven, Netherlands, [International presentation] - Kantian-Style of Care
Hayate Shimizu
研究会「カントからケアを考える」, 14 Jun. 2025, Japanese, Oral presentation
14 Jun. 2025 - 14 Jun. 2025 - The Relational Turn and Anthropocentrism
Hayate Shimizu
Beyond Anthropocentrism, 03 Jun. 2025, Japanese, Oral presentation
03 Jun. 2025 - 03 Jun. 2025 - Introduction to Robot Ethics from the Issues of Responsibility and Rights
Hayate Shimizu
拡大版教養教育AIセミナー「AI哲学・倫理学の現状を知る」, 21 Mar. 2025, Japanese, Public discourse
21 Mar. 2025 - 21 Mar. 2025, [Invited] - Comment on "Person, Thing, Robot"
Hayate Shimizu
Public Lecture: Professor David Gunkel on Robot Philosophy and Ethics, 03 Mar. 2025, English, Oral presentation
03 Mar. 2025 - 03 Mar. 2025, [Invited] - AI Ethics and Kant
Hayate Shimizu
Hokkaido Kant Workshop 2025, 21 Feb. 2025, Japanese, Oral presentation
18 Feb. 2025 - 21 Feb. 2025 - Why/What Kind of Altruistic Acts Are Obligatory? - Examining Kant's Duties of Virtue
Hayate Shimizu
Hokkaido Kant Workshop 2025, 20 Feb. 2025, Japanese, Oral presentation
18 Feb. 2025 - 21 Feb. 2025 - Kant and Rational Feelings
Hayate Shimizu
Hokkaido Kant Workshop 2025, 18 Feb. 2025, Japanese, Oral presentation
18 Feb. 2025 - 21 Feb. 2025 - 動物に対する義務はある？ｰｰカントに学ぶ動物と私たちの関係
中村 涼; 清水 颯
「動物倫理かいぎ」創立記念イベント, 01 Feb. 2025, Japanese
01 Feb. 2025 - 01 Feb. 2025 - エゴイズムの亢進と克服 ——カントにおける社交の徳、装飾あるいは作法としての
清水 颯
カント生誕300年・メーヌ・ド・ビラン没後200年記念ワークショップ (第220回Philethセミナー) 人間であること、その道徳的生活の根幹への視座, 26 Jan. 2025, Japanese, Oral presentation
26 Jan. 2025 - 26 Jan. 2025 - Rethinking Moral Status through an Animistic Relational Approach
Hayate Shimizu; Masashi Takeshita
International Society of East Asian Philosophy: 4th ISEAP Conference, 15 Dec. 2024, English, Oral presentation
14 Dec. 2024 - 15 Dec. 2024 - Moral Obligations from a Relationship with Robot: Should We Save a Drowning Robot?
Hayate Shimizu
2024 Australasian Association of Bioethics & Health Law, 03 Dec. 2024, English, Oral presentation
01 Dec. 2024 - 04 Dec. 2024 - Ethics for Living with Artificial Subjects
Hayate Shimizu
第29回 超域哲学研究会, 24 Oct. 2024, Japanese, Oral presentation
[Invited] - Can an Artificial Agent be a Significant Other?: Rethinking the Moral Dilemma in the Turing Triage Test
Hayate Shimizu
LLMs and Philosophy, 28 Sep. 2024, English, Oral presentation
27 Sep. 2024 - 28 Sep. 2024, Kanazawa, Japan, [International presentation] - Kant's Virtue and Rational Feelings: Why the Virtuous Person is Cheerful with Pleasure?
Hayate Shimizu
14th International Kant Congress (Student Congress), 09 Sep. 2024, English, Oral presentation
08 Sep. 2024 - 13 Sep. 2024, Bonn, Germany, [International presentation] - When Robots Have Moral Status? : The Relational Turn and Beyond
Hayate Shimizu
第2回 KOBELSI-CHAIN 合同ワークショップ「人工主体をめぐる倫理と法の接点」, 20 Aug. 2024, Japanese
20 Aug. 2024 - 20 Aug. 2024 - What Makes a Virtuous Person's Heart Cheerful?: The Role of Rational Feelings in Kant's Theory of Virtue
Hayate Shimizu
第二回 北大・一橋合同研究会, 08 Aug. 2024, Japanese, Oral presentation
08 Aug. 2024 - 09 Aug. 2024 - Arguments on the Moral Status of Robots: Beyond the Properties Approaches and Relational Approaches
Hayate Shimizu
Cognitive Developmental Robotics Lab meetings, 02 Aug. 2024, English
02 Aug. 2024 - 02 Aug. 2024, University of Tokyo, Japan, [Invited] - Robot Ethics from Kantianism
Hayate Shimizu
行為論研究会2024年度第2回研究会, 31 Jul. 2024, Japanese, Oral presentation
31 Jul. 2024 - 31 Jul. 2024, [Invited] - Ethics of Living with Artificial Others: "Mind-Infusing Animism" Making Artificial Others a Significant
Hayate Shimizu
Ethics of AI Research Colloquium, 16 Jul. 2024, English
LMU Munich, Germany, [Invited] - Kantian Resources for Ethics of Human-Robot Interaction
Hayate Shimizu
Ethics of AI Research Colloquium, 28 May 2024, English
LMU Munich, Germany, [Invited] - Respect for the human-robot relationship
Hayate Shimizu
PAIR’s weekly Research Seminar, 08 May 2024, Centre for Philosophy and AI Research {PAIR}, English
Erlangen, Germany, Germany, [Invited] - A New Kantian Approach to Animal Ethics: An Introduction and Evaluation of Kantianism for Animals
Hayate Shimizu; Masashi Takeshita
第34回応用倫理・応用哲学研究会 「道徳的地位の再考－動物倫理とその先へ」, 23 Mar. 2024, Japanese, Oral presentation
22 Mar. 2024 - 23 Mar. 2024 - Kant's Doctrine of Virtue and Feelings of Respect and Sublime
清水 颯
北日本哲学研究会, 20 Feb. 2024, Japanese, Oral presentation
20 Feb. 2024 - 21 Feb. 2024 - Discerning genuine and artificial sociality: a technomoral virtue to live with chatbots
Katsunori Miyahara; Hayate Shimizu
5th Conference on “Philosophy of AI”, 16 Dec. 2023, English, Oral presentation
15 Dec. 2023 - 16 Dec. 2023, Erlangen, Germany, [International presentation] - カントの徳論はロボットの道徳的地位を擁護できるか
清水 颯
日本科学哲学会第56回大会, 02 Dec. 2023, English, Oral presentation
02 Dec. 2023 - 03 Dec. 2023 - A virtue ethics argument for the moral standing of LLMs?
Katsunori Miyahara; Hayate Shimizu
1st Annual Web Conference of the International Society for the Philosophy of the Sciences of the Mind, 24 Nov. 2023, English, Oral presentation
24 Nov. 2023 - 25 Nov. 2023 - Habitus and Emotions in Kant’s Virtue Ethics
Hayate Shimizu
Kant-València 2023: DoktorandInnen-Kolloquium der Kant-Gesellschaft, 10 Nov. 2023, Kant Valencia, English, Oral presentation
08 Nov. 2023 - 10 Nov. 2023, Valencia, Spain, [International presentation] - Kant's Theory of Virtue and Non-Natural Feelings
Hayate Shimizu
212th Phileth Seminar "Kant and the Problem of Reason: Virtue, Dignity, and Religion", 03 Nov. 2023, Japanese, Oral presentation
03 Nov. 2023 - 03 Nov. 2023 - Habitus and Emotions in Kant’s Virtue Ethics
Hayate Shimizu
Regular Meeting of the Kant Study Group, 24 Sep. 2023, English, Oral presentation
24 Sep. 2023 - Virtuous Agents and Meaning of Life from Kantian Perspective
Hayate Shimizu
Fifth International Conference on Philosophy and Meaning in Life, 29 Jun. 2023, English, Oral presentation
28 Jun. 2023 - 30 Jun. 2023 - Sympathy for LaMDA: Moral considerations for large language models?
Katsunori Miyahara; Hayate Shimizu
23rd biennial international conference of the Society for Philosophy and Technology, 07 Jun. 2023, English, Oral presentation
07 Jun. 2023 - 10 Jun. 2023 - The Significance of Habitus in Kant's Virtue Ethics
Hayate SHIMIZU
The Philosophical Association Of Japan, 20 May 2023, Japanese, Oral presentation
19 May 2023 - 21 May 2023 - Is effective altruism a moral obligation?
Masashi Takeshita; Hayate Shimizu
Japan Association for the Contemporary and Applied Philosophy, 22 Apr. 2023, Japanese, Oral presentation
22 Apr. 2023 - 23 Apr. 2023 - Reason as Master, Emotion as Slave? ――What Kantian Virtues Demand
Hayate Shimizu
CAEP seminar on Kantian ethics, 16 Apr. 2023, English, Oral presentation
16 Apr. 2023 - 16 Apr. 2023 - Emergence of ethical norms regarding artificial subject
Hayate Shimizu
CHAIN philosophy workshop: Enactivism and practical philosophy, 30 Jan. 2023, English, Oral presentation
30 Jan. 2023 - 30 Jan. 2023 - Ethical requirements of moral considerations for social robots in Kant's Virtue Ethics
Hayate Shimizu
Hokkaido-Melbourne Joint Research Workshops Fund 2022, 08 Nov. 2022, English, Nominated symposium
07 Nov. 2022 - 11 Nov. 2022 - Is Virtue All-Too-Human?: The Role of Anthropology in Kant's Virtue Ethics
Hayate SHIMIZU
Philosophical Society of Hokkaido University, 17 Jul. 2022, Japanese, Oral presentation - Kant and the Control of Emotions
Hayate SHIMIZU
北日本哲学研究会, 15 Feb. 2022, Japanese, Oral presentation - Does Kantian morality repress the emotional side of human beings?
Hayate SHIMIZU
Japanische Kant Gesellschaft, 20 Nov. 2021, Japanese, Oral presentation - Is Kantian Ethics a Virtue Ethics?
Hayate SHIMIZU
The Japanese Society for Ethics, 03 Oct. 2021, Japanese, Oral presentation
- Sep. 2023 - Present
Kant's Study Group (Colloquium) Japan - 2023 - Present
日本科学哲学会 - Jan. 2023 - Present
Japan Association for the Contemporary and Applied Philosophy - Jul. 2022 - Present
北海道哲学会 - 2021 - Present
日本カント協会 - 2021 - Present
日本倫理学会 - 2021 - 2025
日本哲学会
- 関係のなかに成り立つ規範――和辻哲郎の風土概念からみたAI倫理
科学研究費助成事業
Jul. 2026 - Mar. 2028
清水 颯
日本学術振興会, 研究活動スタート支援, 北海道大学, Principal investigator, 26K24110 - Beyond Anthropocentrism: Rethinking the Future of Human Society through Animals, AI, and Cyborgs
50th Anniversary Grant Program
May 2025 - Apr. 2027
Masashi Takeshita; Kanako Takae; Suzu Nakamura; Hayate Shimizu; Kiyoharu Sakakibara
The Toyota Fundation, Coinvestigator - Study of Kant's theory of virtue, based on the rationality of feelings
Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows
Apr. 2024 - Mar. 2026
Hayate Shimizu
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 北海道大学, Principal investigator - Justification of moral consideration for robots based on Kant's theory of virtue
Overseas Challenge Program for Young Researchers
Apr. 2024 - Jul. 2024
Hayate Shimizu
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Principal investigator - Study of Kantian Ethics Focusing on Virtues and Emotions and its Application to AI Ethics.
Support for Pioneering Research Initiated by the Next Generation
Apr. 2023 - Mar. 2024
Hayate SHIMIZU
Japan Science and Technology Agency, Hokkaido University, Principal investigator, JPMJSP2119
Industrial Property Rights
- Rethinking Humanity in the Age of AI, organizer
04 Sep. 2026 - 05 Sep. 2026
Planning etc, Panel chair etc
Competition etc
Center for Human Nature, Artificial Intelligence, and Neuroscience (CHAIN) - The Japan Kant Society’s 2nd Young Scholars Seminar: “Submitting to International Journals—Is It Necessary to Write Philosophy Paper in a Foreign Language?”
22 Mar. 2026 - 22 Mar. 2026
Others
Others
The Japan Kant Society - 国際的な研究活動のために: 若⼿研究者の情報共有会
05 Oct. 2025 - 05 Oct. 2025
Planning etc, Others
Academic society etc
松田新, 清水颯, 竹下昌志, 吉村佳樹 - Organizer: Hokkaido Workshop on Philosophy and Ethics of AI
28 Feb. 2025 - 28 Feb. 2025
Planning etc, Panel chair etc
Competition etc
Katsunori Miyahara, Hayate Shimizu - WSオーガナイザー（北大カントワークショップ）
18 Feb. 2025 - 21 Feb. 2025
Planning etc, Panel chair etc
Academic society etc
清水颯, 藏田伸雄
カント生誕300年を迎えた2024年には、多くのカント哲学に関するイベントが開催されました。
しかし、これからのカント研究の意義は、記念の年が終わった後も変わらず問い続けられるべきものです。そこで、私たちは「300＋1年」となる2025年、北海道大学を拠点にカントの連続ワークショップを企画しました。本ワークショップは、「感情」「利他行為」「応用可能性」の三つをテーマに、現代におけるカント哲学の重要性を探る場となることを目指します。若手研究者を中心とした議論を通じて、これからもカントを読み続ける意味を共に考える機会となることを願っています。
「感情を巡るカント」
日時：2025年2月18日（火）12:30-15:50
場所：人文・社会科学総合教育研究棟 W517
12:30-13:30 平出喜代恵（関西大学）
「カント倫理学における恩寵の位置づけ」
13:40-14:40 高木駿（北九州市立大学）
「カントと寛容の感情」
14:50-15:50 清水颯（北海道大学）
「カントと理性的感情」
「利他行為をめぐるカントと功利主義」
日時：2025年2月20日（木）13:00-16:20
場所：人文・社会科学総合教育研究棟 W517
13:00-13:20 藏田伸雄（北海道大学）
「カントと功利主義／帰結主義はどう違うのか」
13:25-16:20 テーマ討議「利他行為」
13:25-14:05 金雲龍（北海道大学）
「効果的利他主義はいかに正当化されるのかｰｰシンガーの観点から」
14:10-14:50 清水颯（北海道大学）
「なぜ／どのような利他行為が義務なのかｰｰカントの徳義務を紐解く」
14:55-15:15 竹下昌志（北海道大学）
「利他行為の利他性は何に由来するのか: 功利主義の観点からのコメント」
15:20-16:20 全体討論（蔵田伸雄、平出喜代恵、中村涼、金雲龍、竹下昌志、清水颯）
「カントの応用可能性」
日時：2025年2月21日（金）13:00-18:00
場所：エンレイソウ第二会議室
13:00-14:00 中村涼（早稲田大学）
「動物倫理とカント」
14:10-15:10 清水颯（北海道大学）
「AI倫理とカント」
15:20-16:20 平出喜代恵（関西大学）
「難民支援とカント」
16:30-17:30 藏田伸雄（北海道大学）
「人生の意味とカント」 - Online Discussion Event: Kantian Resources for Animal Ethics
23 Aug. 2024 - 23 Aug. 2024
Planning etc, Panel chair etc
Academic society etc
Hayate Shimizu - WS organizer（道徳的地位の再考ー動物倫理とその先へ）
22 Mar. 2024 - 23 Mar. 2024
Planning etc, Panel chair etc
Academic society etc
稲荷森輝一, 竹下昌志, 清水颯, 藏田伸雄 - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Reviewer
Peer review
Peer review etc - Asian Journal of Philosophy, Reviewer
Peer review
Peer review etc
清水颯 - Science and Engineering Ethics, Reviewer
Peer review
Peer review etc
Hayate Shimizu - Review of Education, Reviewer
Peer review
Peer review etc
Hayate Shimizu - Philosophy & Technology, Reviewer
Peer review
Peer review etc
Hayate Shimizu - SN social sciences, Reviewer
Peer review
Peer review etc
Hayate Shimizu
