Abstract
Living in an era of technological innovations, we must understand and trust them to benefit from these new technologies. In this context, paternalism is renewed as the so-called “soft-” or “Libertarian paternalism”. How can we face it and ensure freedom in the vortex of wellmeaning advice and persuasion? This paper will discuss 1. the characteristics of freedom since the 18th century from the perspective of the Enlightenment discourse in Germany by Mendelssohn and Kant, 2. the conditions for freedom in the contemporary age of accelerating technological innovation, and 3. from trans-modernism, rethinking the dichotomy between otherness and autonomy, coercion and freedom, by the idea of 融通無碍 Yuzu-Muge, tactfulness in 華厳学 Hua-Yan Philosophy.
About the author
Shoko Suzuki, Professor at the Artificial Intelligence Unit, Centre for the Promotion of Interdisciplinary Education and Research, Kyoto University, Senior Visiting Researcher-RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project in Japan; 2005-2020 Member of “Science Council of Japan”; 2009/2010 Guest professor of Cluster “Language and Emotion”, Free University of Berlin. Focus of work is Educational Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, and Historical Anthropology.
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