‘신뢰사회’의 원형 탐구

Abstract

The global trend is currently moving from ‘Economic Capitalist society’ to ‘Trust-based Capitalist society’. A trust-based, or trust-centric, society is where humanities should head to; In this article, I will argue that the future society will utterly rely on trust, and nowhere to stand would be found without trust, regardless of country, business or individual. This article further establishes the notion of a trust society using the advanced ancient literature of East Asia and defines the direction to reach a trusting society. There are two intellectual legacies that may qualify to contribute to a trust society model presented here: one refers to ‘by no rule’, and the other refers to ‘rule by virtue’. A trust society by no rule is consisted of the leader's lack of intervention and voluntary participation of the people, and a prototype of this image is found in Shen Nung. The trust society made up of virtue, on the other hand, is formed by cooperative alliance that the monarchs and the people cherish and love each other with proactive contribution from both parties, and the prototype is to be found in Gu Gong Danfu. From a realistic point of view, ‘rule by virtue’ seems to be an ideal concept, but when it comes to settling down as a trusting society, it has a significant drawback. As ruling by virtue relies entirely on the leadership of political leaders, its consistency for trust society is dependent on the morality of the leader. On the contrary, by no rule allows its people to build and maintain a trust society without having to involve a leader's political intervention. To conclude, this article proves that the most powerful key driver of developing into a trust society comes from the autonomy and spontaneity of citizens.