Han, Jae-hoon. "A Tentatvie Investigation about 'the Moralistic Civilization' Pursued by Kaengjeongyudo." Journal of New Religions 15 (Oct. 2006): 177-207.
Abstract
The civilization ordains and restricts the life of people.
On the contrary, the life of people modifies and reforms the
civilization. Today’s
material civilization (物質文明) on the
basis of scientific technology shows the abuse caused by reaching its
peak. So
we need to propose and discuss about the alternative civilization. The
alternative civilization have to offer us a new paradigm for
understanding
human being and human life.
We can propose the ‘moralistic civilization’ (道德文明)
as an alternative civilization. The material
civilization that takes human for pursuing the matter regards an
material
prosperity as the great value. However, the moralistic civilization
pursue the
morality as the higher value than material prosperity, because it
understands
human as the ‘moral-oriental being.’ This paper is a tentative
investigation
about ‘the moralistic civilization’ that is pursued by Kaengjoengyodo (更定儒道)
in the context of the
condition of the alternative civilization.