MORAL SUCCESS AND FAILURE IN THE ETHICAL THEORY OF TASAN CHŎNG YAGYONG

• Published in: Acta Koreana Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 241 - 266
• Main Author: Baek, Min Jeong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Daegu Keimyung University, Academia Koreana 01.06.2016; Academia Koreana, Keimyung University; 한국학연구원
• Subjects: Criminal law; Emotions; Ethics; Failure; Filial responsibility; Function; Good & evil; Jeong Yakyong (1762-1836); Loyalty; Missionaries; Researchers; Success; 기타인문학; inference of others’ minds from one’s own; Moral success; kwŏnhyŏng; moral agency; cogitative mechanism of the spiritual body
• ISSN: 1520-7412; 2733-5348; 2092-1357; 2733-5348
• DOI: 10.18399/acta.2016.19.1.009

This study analyzes factors associated with moral success and failure in the ethical theory of Chŏng Yagyong (1762–1836), better known as Tasan. According to researchers who emphasize the cognitive and conative role of moral sentiments, moral success is ultimately driven by Tasan’s “moral mind” or “...

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• Abstract INTRODUCTION THE ABSENCE OF RATIONAL JUDGMENT LEADING TO MORAL FAILURES THE MORAL MIND THAT LIKES AND CAN CHOOSE GOOD : TYPES OF MORAL INTUITIONISM WHAT KIND OF JUDGMENT IS THE SPIRITUAL BODY’S COGITATIVE MECHANISM? THE JUDGMENT AND WILL OF KWŎNHYŎNG AS AN ULTIMATE MORAL AGENCY CONCLUSION REFERENCES