THE PHILOSOPHY OF ASIAN COMMUNITY

CHOI WOO-WON

ABSTRACT

The present situation on earth, endangered by the ecological destruction and the
possibility of nuclear war which make us doubt about the survival of mankind in the
future, demands us to change our way of thinking and living basically. The problems
menacing the mankind can not be solved simply by the techno-scientific developments.
Our way of thinking and living should be changed. We should learn how to live together
peacefully with other religions, cultures, and civilizations. To realize this, the higher
vision of the co-existence between nature and man, between man and man, which can
cease the attitude of regarding others only as a means or an object of domination, should
be shared by all mankind. In this humble essay we should try to arrive at the recognition
of the invisible interpenetration and the interdependence of the real world, which will
lead us to the common effort of co-existence and harmony.