獄中の思索者　殺人犯が罪に向き合うとき【電子書籍】[ 美達大和 ]

<p>Prologue </p> <p>Chapter 1: On Crime and Punishment <br /> There is no essential atonement for the crime of murder / My encounter with my lawyer changed me <br /> It is a mistake to lighten sentences in the hope of rehabilitation / Ordinary citizens going to prison <br /> "Ten, fifteen years will pass in the blink of an eye" / What prisoners are thinking inside <br /> Searching for true punishment / Being deprived of time <br /> The truth of "Heaven's net is wide and loose, but no one can escape it" </p> <p>Chapter 2: On Fate <br /> Can fate be changed? / An attitude of equanimity in triumph, composure in disappointment <br /> I believed in my good luck / The hellish days of my yakuza days / From a life expectancy prognosis to behind bars <br /> If it weren't for the crime and prison time, I would be dead / I don't think about things I can't influence <br /> The meaning of not receiving the death penalty / Heaven gave me the circumstances I deserved <br /> Never change until the end of your life / Fate is always testing people </p> <p>Chapter 3: About faith <br /> The uniquely Japanese view of religion / "God is more inside me than I am" <br /> Faith as a process of self-cultivation / A spiritual experience I encountered in high school <br /> Religion is a double-edged sword for humans / Prison and religion <br /> A vicious inmate who claims his sins have been forgiven / Easy religious influence does more harm than good <br /> Devotion to a father who lived his life to the fullest / You cannot fool heaven and yourself </p> <p>Chapter 4: About fathers and sons <br /> A first-generation Korean father feared by the yakuza / Parents are not necessarily more mature than their children <br /> I developed an eye for people in bars from an early age / My mother never scolded me <br /> "When I grow up, I'll kill you, Dad" <br /> My father always lived his life with himself at the center and without question / He wanted his grandchildren to do as they pleased <br /> On the chemistry between father and son / He cut ties with his son out of responsibility as the perpetrator <br /> My father yelled at the victim's family in court / "I'll live a long life and wait for you to come home" <br /> An extraordinary "doting father" </p> <p>Chapter 5: About work <br /> Dropped out of high school to get a job / The fastest career advancement in history / "The driving force behind capitalism is people's envy" <br /> Number one in Japan for sales of English conversation teaching materials for 12 consecutive months / "A moneylender is a borrower" <br /> The moneylender's dilemma / People are motivated by profit, emotion, and fear / He was uninterested in developing his own personality <br /> Entering the world of the yakuza / The more simple and boring a task is, the more it reveals a person <br /> Working to provide for yourself </p> <p>Chapter 6: About money <br /> A "small gentleman" with a personal chauffeur / My father no longer contributes any money. A tool to experience "financial freedom" / I longed to be able to spend money. Only spending within one's means / When money can dramatically change a person's behavior / What nouveau riche do in the bar. "Wealth without hard work misleads people." / The magic that transforms people. "Money is like fertilizer." Chapter 7: On Freedom. Is being in society free? / "Positive freedom" and "negative freedom" / Schedules and discipline behind bars. A prisoner content with false freedom / The concept of freedom and restriction has disappeared / The boundary between freedom and restriction. There is also freedom within limitations. Epilogue. The screen will switch, so please wait. Please purchase from the Rakuten Kobo product page. If the screen does not switch, please click here. *You cannot order from this page.