한국윤리교육학회

This study argues that suojisim as a moral emotion, that is, shame and disgust are important in moral education. To support this argument, this study supports the significance of shame and disgust by borrowing the achievements of moral psychology. The immoral behavior of others causes my disgust, and my immoral behavior causes disgust of others. Others’ disgust with my immoral behavior causes my shame and my disgust with others' immoral behavior causes the shame of others. Shame is related to the fairness/reciprocity module presented by Haidt and disgust is associated with the purity/sanity module. Shame is the result of evolutionary adaptation for social bonding beyond the family community. Disgust is the result of evolutionary adaptation as a biological defense mechanism to avoid pollution. In short, shame and disgust are closely related moral emotions. At present, the negative emotions of shame and disgust are not treated as important in moral education. If suojisim as a moral emotion is reflected in moral education, the content of moral education will become richer. However, there is something to be noted in the process of applying shame to moral education. First, suojisim should be taught within the limits of compassion. Because suojisim is a negative emotion, it is possible to undermine empathy, which is the most important virtue of human being. Second, we must not forget the warning of Nousbaum that suojisim can lead to rather unjust consequences when combined with social conditions.