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an ethico-religious approach and application
An analysis of human rights problems in Korea -- Historical survey of revisions to the constitution of Korea -- Syngman Rhee's authoritarian regime (1948-1960) -- Chang Myǒn's passive democratic regime (1960-1961) -- Military dictators' regime (1961-1993) -- Civilian democratic regime (1993-present) -- The causes of human rights problems in historical reality -- Approaches to human rights issues in non-western nations -- Obstacles to the development of human rights in Korea -- Authoritarianism -- Distorted nationalism -- Root cause of and antidote for human rights problems : toward the idea of human dignity -- Contextual interpretation of the idea of human dignity -- An ideal-prototypical concept of human dignity : a branch for grafting -- Origin and development of the concept of human dignity -- A prototypical concept of human dignity -- The imago dei as the basis for human dignity -- Vertical aspect : absolute concept of human dignity -- Horizontal aspect : relational concept of human dignity -- Human dignity in traditional Korean culture : a rootstock with persistence of the idea -- The vertical aspect of human dignity in the traditional Korean culture -- Tan'gun myth as the origin of Korean indigenous thought -- Korean Buddhism and Confucianism -- Korean indigenous religions -- The horizontal aspect of human dignity in the traditional Korean culture -- Tan'gun myth as the origin of Korean indigenous thought -- Korean Buddhism and Confucianism -- Korean indigenous religions -- Institutional application of the idea of human dignity -- Application of the idea of human dignity to the constitution -- Application of the idea of human dignity to human rights -- The basis for human rights -- The right to personality and the right to life -- Application of the idea of human dignity to the constitutional ideological values -- Democracy for human rights and its limit -- Nationalism for human rights and its limit -- Human dignity as the foundation of all values -- The idea of human dignity and religion -- Distortions of religions in Korea -- The influence of political authoritarianism -- The influence of economic developmentalism -- The recovery of Korean religions' ethical identity and social role -- The idea of human dignity and education -- Educational ideal of Korea -- The distortion of education in Korea -- The recovery of the intrinsic nature of Korean education -- Application of the idea of human dignity to the family -- The problem of the family in Korea -- Human dignity as a solution to the family problem -- The vertical aspect of family members' dignity -- The horizontal aspect of family members' dignity -- Perichoretic fellowship between family members, 250 -- Conclusion: Overtures of the human dignity movement in Korea.
Hyung-Kon Kim ; with a foreword by Chai-sik Chung.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-306) and index.