• Journal of the Daesoon Academy of Sciences
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• v.17
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• pp.1-33
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• 2004

JeongSan(1895-1958) achieves spiritual enlightenment from JeungSan(1871-1909) in 1917. So JeongSans thoughts is origined from JeungSan's Cheonjigongsa. JeungSan's thoughts has a tendency of taoism. JeungSan's taoistic thoughts is chiefly revealed by taoistic human ripening, daily taoistic life. JeungSan maintain his taoistic thoughts through Shinto. JeungSan's Shinto is concerned in Bokhee's Yuk thoughts. Forwardly JeungSan synthesize a period from Cheonhwang. By the way Cheonhwang thoughts has a character of Meuweeihwa. This fact is out a special property of JeungSan's thoughts. That is, JeungSan's taoistic thoughts is related to ancient times Sinto. JeungSan's Shinto thoughts is concerned with JeungSan's taoistic thoughts. JeungSan's Shinto and Meuweeihwa thoughts is together related to JeungSan's Cheonjigongsa. JeungSan's Shinto is progressed by newly religious sacred work named Cheonjigongsa. JeungSan's Shinto is composed of a divine judgment to the universe and human. The Mugeugto is founded through JeungSan's Cheonjigongsa by JeongSan in 1925. The Mugeugto established JeungSan as a religious subject named KucheonEungwonNoiseongBowhoaCheonzonSangje. This treatise disscuss that the Mugeugto taoism is revealed by its turning up time, a religious subject and purpose. The Mugeugto appearence is concerned with Sinwon. JeungSańs Shinto thoughts is composed of a divine judgment that is built up JeungSan as a KucheonSangje. According to it, JeungSan's taoistic thoughts is taoism in the Mugeugto. The purpose of the Mugeugto is a JisangSinseon and a JisangCheonkug. A JisangSinseon thoughts and A JisangCheonkug is realized by JeungSan's Shinto.

• Journal of the Daesoon Academy of Sciences
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• v.46
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• pp.189-234
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• 2023

The most common and prevailing system of virtue ethics is based around the idea of personality rather than external behavior and it grew out of the Aristotelian system of virtue ethics. The purpose of this study is to find out the characteristics of the virtue ethics found within Daesoon Thought through comparison to Aristotelian virtue ethics. This can serve as a basis to establish the virtue ethics of Daesoon Thought in further studies. The systems of virtue ethics posited by the two traditions are similar in that they are both teleological as the virtues they recognize are related to human nature in the context of certain metaphysical assumption and they both exhibit the characteristic tendencies of seeking to realize the highest human good. Therefore, in the Aristotelian context, virtues can be defined as "characteristics needed for the realization of eudaimonia," and for Daesoon Thought, virtues are "characteristics needed for the realization of the Resolution of Grievances for Mutual Beneficence." The representative virtues examined in this comparative study will be the Aristotelian Golden Mean, and the the concepts of guarding against self-deception and great benevolence and great justice in Daesoon Thought. In comparison to Aristotelian virtues, these differ in three main ways. First, Aristotelian virtue is not an innate aspect of character the way it is assumed to be in Daesoon Thought wherein the original human heart bestowed by Heaven is already virtuous. Second, mental virtue in the Aristotelian context centers the mind upon reason whereas in Daesoon Thought, the heart-mind exhibits both reason and emotional concern for others. Third, eudaimonia is a concept limited to humans and their societies whereas the Resolution of Grievances for Mutual Beneficence is a good that includes all beings including divine beings, animals, plants, and Heaven and Earth. Despite the differences, both require practical reason, continuous education, and effort to succeed in the cultivation of virtues and the proper implementation of virtuous living.