디지털문화시대에 있어서 “恕”의 철학과 그 의의

Abstract

Digital culture is the mainstay of life in modern society. Although our lives in digital society have improved in convenience, our selfishness has become prevalent as we put personal rights ahead. The warm relationships between people and people are dwindling, and in self-centered thinking, respect and consideration for others are weakening. This age environment has caused many social pathology. Some examples are "school violence", "being ostracized," "gapjil" and "taeum" What is the root cause? Now we need to look back on what a person is and what a good life is, a ideal life, and a happy life. Although there are many philosophies of both East and West, Confucianism considers the good virtue as the essence of human being. Ren(仁) stands for humanity. Ren(仁) is the foundation of 'humanity'. Confucius and Mencius advocated the practice of love based on Ren(仁) and proposed Shu(恕) as a method of practice. This Shu(恕) has both a passive and an active side. Shu(恕), which contains the mind of attention, respect, understanding, learning, and concessions to others, is the channel through which our love in our hearts flows. The modern people who lead their lives here and now create a new law or creed to solve various problem situations and run a committee. But even though it may be a method of external coercion or a method of producing temporary utility, it is difficult to secure the durability as much as the heart of love from within a person. Therefore, we need to actively implement the spirit of Shu(恕), which contains the mind of concern, respect, understanding, caring and concessions to solve various problems in modern society. Encouraging the use of Shu(恕) in education at the social level or cultivating individual moral mind will help overcome conflict and antagonism and open the landscape of concord and harmony.