한국윤리교육학회

This article investigates the direction of multicultural education based on the principle of Benevolence as a integration ethics of multicultural society. According to MIPEX, Korea ranked 18 among 38 nations. Our multicultural society has some ethical problems in social integration especially at discrimination and education of multucultural understanding. And we are in low multicultural sensitivity or acceptance, and our multicultural education is focused on immigrant based student not for all. And though our ministry of education, ministry of gender equality and family, and ministry of justice have various education and integration policy for immigrants, our society has some ethical problems. Hence, for the solving these problems, we need a integration ethics for multicultural integration. Herefrom, Confucian Benevolence can role in multicultural society integration as a integration ethics of multicultural society. Traditionally, Benevolence is based on two basic principle. One is human based theory by caring and love, the other is people-dignity based theory by harmony and anti-discrimination. Basically, Filial Piety and brotherly love is method realization of Benevolence. Also, loyalty and commiseration, rites, harmony are also the elements of benevolence. The integration ethics of multicultural society is based on human centered and human dignity theory. As integration ethics of multicultural society, Filial Piety, etc. has meaning in that it is the root of all action, a method of realization of benevolence and the principle of caring, harmony, equality, coexistence. Benevolence is composed by two principles. One is love for others. Here, love means benevolence, caring, respect to others whatever he or she has culture, gender, race, age etc. The other is coexistence. This means harmony, equality, anti-bias, anti-discrimination whoever is anyone. Here there is no discrimination, bias, inequality. These can be a direction of multicultural education for multicultural society integration as today.