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To develop moral sensibility through family relations

윤경숙 1

1한국전통문화대학교

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Family relationship in the past was excessively authoritarian and patriarchal, clearly differentiating the roles of male and female. Such patriarchal and male/female discriminatory family relationship made couple relationship, parent-children relationship rigid and could not avoid unilateral interests relationship originating from differences in mutual standpoints. In that respect, the purpose of this article is to suggest the direction in which to move toward the right family relationship through interacting with each other and communication, which is emphasized by Yangmyeong's Simhak. If interactions and communication between family members are interrupted, it is difficult to form intimate family relationships. If the existing family relationships had a strongly unilateral and vertical aspect with focus on parents where devotion and responsibility are emphasized, the contemporary times require cooperative family relationships where understanding of individual family members is respected. Such cooperative relationships would allow all of the family members to live an independent and autonomous life. Also, the meaning of ethical and moral life can be found in them. In that sense, the family relationships should go toward equal relationships where each member's standpoint can be understood rather than setting authority at the head. Within such family relationship, balanced life can be pursued which can contribute to not only individual but also surrounding human relationships. In that case, will there be a reason to find the meaning of family relationship today from Yangmyeonghak doctrine? In the Yangmyeong's thought, diversified meanings of the human relationship which can be taken notice of by the contemporary family relationship can be found. Starting with parent-children relationship, there are many aspects that can be sympathized in that moral identity discussions are being made on understanding of diversified feelings perceived in human relationships as well as practice-oriented life. In addition, differences in recognition concerning couple or parent-children relationship can be retraced in that human understanding is made to be looked back before the discriminatory sexual consciousness concerning male/female. Thus, although the contemporary times require diversity of life as the cultures of east and west are converged, the meaning of family relationships is to be discovered from Yangmyeonghak, doctrine is because it allows ourselves to look back whether independent lives are being lived.

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