보훈이념의 내재적 가치 훼손과 해결 방안 : 국가유공자 자격을 둘러싼 갈등을 중심으로

Abstract

The Korean ideology of reward for patriots who contributed to public interest includes 3 values, ‘national independence’, ‘protection of state’, and ‘democratic development’. Each value should not be disgraced by making unqualified people patriots. So, only when all those 3 values are kept pure, we can say the government is loyal to the aim of reward for patriots and basic principle of honorable treatment of them. The application of 3 values to people shows that those values are sometimes harmonious, but are at other times conflicting, especially. a man with a long life can be patriot in terms of one value but can be traitor in terms of other value. It is very controversial how we should treat him and whether he is a patriot or traitor, whose issue causes national division and social conflict. For a man who only one value can be applied to , the ideal type of Korean ideology of reward for patriots is that the value is not disgraced and for a man who more than 2 values can be applied to, the ideal type is they are harmonious, not contradictory. The cases of conflict among 3 values are, ①to dishonor the value of national independence but later contribute to the value of protection of state, ②to contribute to the value of national independence but later be friendly to North Korea and communism, ③ to contribute to democratic development but later be involved in anti-state activities. To solve the contradiction of ①, the government should deprive pro-Japanese soldiers, who actively cooperated with Japanese Imperialism, of the right to be a man of national merit. To solve the contradiction of ②, it should deprive people, who contributed to national independence but be involved in anti- ROK activities, of the right to be a man of national merit. To solve the contradiction of ③, it should guarantee the third party, anyone interested in national merit policy, the right to demand review on the cases of contributors to democratic movement or allow only the people, who were involved in anti-state activities and found guilty but later found innocent by retrial, to apply for ‘Committee of Deliberation of and Compensation for contributor to Democratic Movement’.