UTokyo Open Lectures: Blessing
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Evil in Society
#2 Bad Things Brought about through Social Changes [JP]
Poverty, overwork, education gap, suicide...... Many bad things surrounding us in Japan were brought about by social changes. Prof. Yuki Honda points out our urgent problems and their causes, and proposes a model of desirable society for Japan. NOTE: - This lecture was conducted only in Japanese.
#3 Law and Evil in International Society [JP]
"The evil" is rarely thematized in legal and political sciences. However, law and politics have dealt, and are dealing, with evils in society in many ways. In this lecture, Prof. Teraya discusses ways of legally and politically dealing with the existing evils, such as war and racial discrimination. NOTE: - This lecture was conducted only in Japanese.
#4 Borders of Goods and Bads: Learning from Cases of Disaster Waste Disposal and Package Recycling [JP]
Most of the goods we purchase will turn to waste which costs for disposal. Where does the border of "goods and bads" lie? Prof. Moriguchi discusses the waste disposal problem, the problem of an "evil" in the environment, from the perspective of urban engineering. NOTE: - This lecture was conducted only in Japanese.
Evil in Nature
#5 Profiles of Cancer [JP]
Pathology is a discipline which develops methods of detecting diseases and finding out their causes. In this lecture, Prof. Fukayama talks, from pathological point of view, about "profiles" of cancer. He discusses how to identify cancer by watching tissues and how to choose an appropriate medical treatment. NOTE: - This lecture was conducted only in Japanese.
#6 The Good and Evil in Drugs [JP]
A good medicine cures patients, and a bad one doesn't, or even brings unfavorable by-effect. Of course, the effect of medicines depends on the applied dose. It depends, however, on the patients genetic properties, too. So we need the "tailor-made" drug treatment. In this lecture, the good and evil in drugs is considered from this viewpoint. Also the problems of medication errors are discussed, an…
#7 Are Dark Components of the Universe Good or Bad? [JP]
There are two sorts of component of the universe that are called "dark": dark matter and dark energy. They are unidentified, but inevitable for the scientific explanation of the existing universe. In this lecture, some latest outcomes of the research of dark matter and dark energy are introduced, and their "goodness" and "badness" are discussed. NOTE: - This lecture was conducted …
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