Comment on “The Crisis of Debate, Pointed out by Professor Sandel. How to Overcome Division and a Sense of Helplessness.” [in Japanese]
On October 3, 2023, a comment of Professor Maiko Ichihara of the Graduate School of Law on the Asahi Shimbun article, “The Crisis of Debate, Pointed out by Professor Sandel. How to Overcome Division and a Sense of Helplessness” was published. This article reports on Professor Sandel’s view that one of the factors hindering democratic debate is ableism, and that although politics in Japan is not as polarised as in the West, there is a sense of helplessness among citizens, and how this should be overcome. Professor Ichihara pointed out that the reason why debate is still difficult to generate in Japan is largely due to the tendency to seek non-politics and peer pressure. She then commented on the need to overcome these barriers and consider how ableism fixes the social structure.
