Justice and Subject in Christianity and Buddhism: An Ontological Study

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This essay tries to secure a common ground on which we can analyze teachings of two religions (Christianity and Buddhism) on justice. This essay attempts to show that the common ground of the two religions can be constructed by concepts in the socially and politically dynamic ontology.
The author interprets such ontological notions as being, act, and essence to discuss the theme: justice and subject from an interreligious perspective.
Justice and subject and their relationship are studied and interpreted in a way that Christianity and Buddhism find meeting points. He demonstrates that the notions of the Non-I and Karma in Buddhism are correspondent to the ideas of subject and act respectively. This essay shows that these four notions, Karma, action, the Non-I, and subject are differently and distinctly nuanced concepts but still can be interpreted and integrated into a meaningful discourse on justice. The essay proposes that the purpose of justice is life and peace. Therefore, the author suggests, justice only without supportive ontological realities such as life and peace, will turn injustice eventually.

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