한국 교회의 시민사회윤리적 구상과 과제

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to pay attention to that Korean christianity had an immanent spirits of social ethic originally and to reflect the reason why we have lost the radical legacy. In such case, it is believed that we could recover our credences in korean society and be capable of realizing the mission of transforming the world globalized by the capital depending on the view of God's will. On the basis of such a purpose, firstly, this researcher insists that korean church criticize its own faults and crimes which it did in our history during the time colonialized by Japan and ruled by some korean dictators, including theological and sociological ignorance. Secondly, we try to pursue the construction of christian ethic for civil society, depending on Walzer's the concept of `complex equality'. In formal terms, complex equality means that no citizen's standing in one sphere or with regard to one social good can be undercut by his standing in some other sphere, with regard to some other good. Thus, citizen A may be chosen over citizen B for political office, and then the two of them will be unequal in the sphere of politics. But they will not be unequal generally so long as A's office gives him no advantage over B in any other sphere. To achieve a situation of complex equality, Walzer proposes a system of blocked exchanges: it should be avoided that goods obtained in one sphere are exchanged to obtain goods in another sphere. For instance, the money person has acquired in the economic sphere should not be used to `buy' power and influence in the political sphere. This system of complex equality will lead to a more egalitarian distribution of social goods. Maybe in each sphere distinct inequalities will persist, but given the plurality of spheres, eventually every person will acquire goods in one sphere or another. This line of reasoning reminds us to some extent of constructing ethic and realizing justice for civil society. Finally, we suggest the missions of responsibility for civil society, both locally and globally.