다문화 시대에서 아리스토텔레스 덕 윤리학 도입의 필요성 고찰

Abstract

So far, discussions to cope with a multicultural society have focused on discovering new political principles. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to present Aristotle’s virtue ethics as an ethical model that will help the realistic realization of political principles to cope with a multicultural society. In order to achieve this research purpose, the study was conducted in a way that showed the necessity of introducing Aristotle’s virtue ethics through the limitations of obligatory ethics and utilitarian ethics seen in multicultural societies. The results of the study are as follows. First, it was confirmed that the ethical characteristics centered on the laws of modern ethics have limitations in resolving conflicts arising from constantly changing cultural diversity. Second, in order to compensate for the limitations of modern ethics, Aristotle’s virtue ethics, which emphasizes the inner character of actors, was confirmed to be necessary ethics in a multicultural society. As such, this study has implications for the need for virtue ethics to recognize the identity of each member in the current multicultural society and achieve social integration. However, since this study has a limitation in that it cannot cover all the details of Aristotle’s virtue ethics, follow-up studies on Aristotle’s virtue ethics, which can show differences from modern moral ethicists, are needed.