한국인성교육과 그 철학적 기초

Abstract

This paper aims at investigating the philosophical theory for the foundation of humanity education in Korea. As for the research background, we can point out that although the law for the promotion of humanity education from on July 21st in Korea, few people has no idea of humanity education. A few research articles have been focused on the educational program for cultivating human nature. They indicate the various viewpoints about humanity education. But they did not give us the theoretical co-understanding basement for humanity. It is not easy for us to make some practical achievements for humanity education in Korea. So we have to make the co-understanding frame about the humanity education. Aristotle argues: Human being has the arete as the potentiality. Therefore we have to make a practice repeatedly so that the arete can be realized. He has considered it as the way toward the self-realization. Da San has critisized and denied the theory of mind and heart of Zhu Xi’s philosophy that human being has the Ren⋅Yi⋅Li⋅Zhi as the apriori innate humanity. Da San insists that human being has the inclination or disposition toward goodness. So if we made a cultivation for this inclination, we can be a good person that has a good virtue. Da San’s viewpoint is very similar to Aristotle’s. That is to speak, if we tried to let the potentiality make the actuality, everybody can make a cultivation for humanity. So now and here I suggest Da San’s the theory of human nature toward goodness for humanity education in Korea. It is necessary for us to find the diverse education programs fitted for the theory of human nature toward goodness and carry out them through the entire education procedure.