김창협의 지각론과 퇴율절충론의 관계에 대한 일고찰- 知覺과 智의 분리에 따른 도덕심리학적 견해

Abstract

This article is planned to shed light on the relationship between Kim Changhyup's (金昌協, 1651~1708) theory of Jigak (知覺, psychological function) and his compromise on Yi Hwang (李滉) and Yi I's (李珥) uncompatible ethical thoughts. Kim's task was to establish the Zhuziism as ideology in Joseon Dynasty on the basis of the synthesis between Yi Hwang and Yi I's doctrines. Although Kim succeeded to Yi I and Song Siyeol (宋時烈) in the theory of heart-mind, he extended the concept of jigak as denoting the psychological entity and function of heart-mind. While he disapproved of the principles of psychological function, he interpreted the principles of nature as moral principles that human beings should realize as the object. Ji (智) is not the principle of psychological function but the moral principle of right and wrong. Therefore he separated the psychological function from the ji. This separation implied the division of cognition and morals in psychological function. Kim's compromise on Yi Hwang and Yi I was derived from his theory of psychological function as such. His moral psychology, which attached importance to psychological factors and mechanism, deviated from Yi I and Song Siyeol's externalism and consequentialism. According to Kim's thought, the ratio of combination between the clarity of psychological energy and moral principle of nature determines whether emotion is good or not. Kim's moral psychology can be entitled as the third position different from Yi Hwang and Yi I, which is able to give interesting insight to moral psychology today.