공직윤리 정립을 위한 茶山 上帝天의 현대적 적용

Abstract

Those days, Korean society is confronting the reality of weakening nationwide bonding and international credit rating due to the corruption of public offices. Transparency of public offices is a crucial factor for determining national prestige. By 'transparency' of public offices, here means applying more qualified mind set, and if this is not presupposed, it is highly likely that Korea will be excluded from the mainstream of international society. Therefore, current anti-corruption paradigm of Korea should be gone through an innovative change. From now on, an intensive examination on internal human nature, instead of previous punishment-centered execution, is required. This is where Dasan's Sang Je Chun' notion takes place. Dasan's 'Sang Je Chun' can be interpreted as an internal ethical code or conscience from the modern point of view. If we regard greed in human nature as a source of corruption, activating internal self-control system in human nature can be the most efficient(effective) alternative of anti-corruption policy. If Dasan philosophy's emphasis is on reasoning structure based on being aware of people suffering from livelihood, Dasan's 'Sang Je' concept will bring about a special meaning to the establishment of public service ethics as an alternative to corrupt Korean public offices. Meanwhile, Dasan's 'Sang Je concept' can contribute to the strengthening of moral autonomy of human which enables us to practice virtue when we tend to do so. In turn, it is meaningful in an aspect of motivating modern public officials to become a main agent of moral practice. In order to successfully establish public service ethics, in-depth approach to internal moral code must be acquired from school's moral/ethical education. Acquiring transparency of future Korean public offices must be focused in a way that intensifies motivation(incentives) for internal self-control and ethical practice. Meantime, in order to presuppose the thinking that the value of integrity can be far more beneficial than corruption in a viewpoint of Utilitarianism, an innovative improvement of social policy is required too. Through this, the efficacy of Dasan's 'Sang Je' concept can be reinforced. Also, Dasan's concept will greatly contribute to the objective of public service ethics by which one can practice moral virtue even at the time when nobody is watching.