Masahiro Morioka, a professor of philosophy and ethics at Waseda University in Japan, is considered to be one of the most in uential thinkers in the current Japanese philosophical community. He specializes in philosophy of life, life studies, bioethics, gender studies, and criticism of contemporary civilization. He completed his BA and MA in Ethics at the University of Tokyo; his PhD in Human science at Osaka Prefecture University. He is the writer of many books mainly in Japanese language. His latest book titled “Painless Civilization 1: A Philosophical Critique of Desire” is translated into many languages, including Turkish under the title of Acısız Medeniyet He is the director of Tokyo Philosophy Project, and the editorin-chief of Journal of Philosophy of Life.