'덕스러움'에 관한 기독교 윤리학적 고찰 : 한국교회의 용법을 중심으로 = An Ethical Study on 'οικοδομη＇ and 'virtue' in the Korean Church

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

What is the virtue? From Socrates to MacIntyre, 'virtue' is a traditional subject in ethics. Contemporary moral philosophy is studying on virtue and community. MacIntyre's After Virtue is the futherance of the liberalism-communitarianism disputation. The disputation has dealed with relevancy and meaning of virtue-ethics in modern society.
In Christian ethics, virtue is not the prerequisite of salvation but the response of God's grace. For Christian salvation is given by faith, by grace(sola fide, sola gratia). Christian virtue is not the human merit, but the faithful thanksgiving to God. Christian ethics studies on 'virtue'in this context.
Particulary, in the Korean Church, virtue is considered as the ideal principle of Christian decision making. Korean Christians translated the term 'οικοδομη' into 'performance of virtue'(建德). In St. Paul, 'οικοδομεω' means 'strengthen', 'edify', 'establish' etc., but it seems that the Korean Church mixed the oriental community nuance to this term.
Koreans tend to consider virtue as the examplary action for others. The Korean Christian's term says 'lets act virtuously'. The Korean Christian considers the Church as the body of Christ and the holy community of saints, so they want to act as a pattern for others. To act virtuously is to strengthen others through concern for others. That is the Korean meaning of 'οικοδομη'.
The aim of virtue in Korean Church is to strengthen the church for Christ and the saints. The task of saints is maturation of faith. To achive this task, saints act virtuously so as to strengthen, to edify, and to establish the Christ's church. In this view, the Korean translation of 'οικοδομεω’into 'virtue' has meaningful ethical significance.
The most difficult task for 'virtue' in Christian ethics is the problem of alternatives on Niebuhrian solution of 'collective egoism' in modern organized society. Korean Christians confront with the difficulty of confliction between christian virtue and collective egoism, church membership ethic and organized society membership demand. Which is the most sound selection? Evidently, the organized society is different to the Christian church, but the most context of modern ethical problem are issued this very organized society.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Ⅰ. 들어가는 말
• Ⅱ. '덕스러움'과 공동체의 윤리
• Ⅲ. 기독교 윤리에 있어서 '덕스러움'과 공동체 : 바울을 중심으로
• Ⅳ. 공동체를 위한 개인윤리
• Ⅴ. 나오는 말 : 공동체적 이상향을 향하여
• 참고문헌