『라쇼몬』에서의 악의 문제 고찰

Abstract

Just as Eichmann, who was observed by Hannah Arendt in Eichmann in Jerusalem, it is pointed out that he was not an evil or demon as we imagine, but a man who did not realize what he was doing. Similarly, the acts where the servant of samurai at Rashomon also turns into a wicked man and the case of becoming one of the bandits at the end does not stem from the servant’s original sin, but rather it is caused by stopping the thinking called the name of evil, ‘thoughtless’ in a “grenzsituation.” In Rashomon, can it be said that the servant became a wicked and changed his identity from the good to the evil just by being a thief? In a calm period, his actions may be defined as an evil. But now he is facing with a “grenzsituation” of ‘starving to death.’ This is not a phenomenon that can only happen to Eichmann or the servant, rather it points out the possibility of occurring in any human beings. Therefore, it is not enough to live our lives faithfully. It clearly shows in Eichmann in Jerusalem and Rashomon that if we live sincerely without thought, we can become a sincere evil one. Thus, we should consider this point that our mind must always have ‘thoughts alive’.