하이데거의 존재론에 나타난 죽음의 현상학적 의미와 죽음교육

Phenomenological Meanings of Death in Martin Heidegger's Ontology and Death Education

The purpose of this study is to investigate the phenomenological meanings of death in Heidegger's ontology and seek for its implications on death education. Death and life is one. At least, death is important part of life. So reflection on death is as important as the meaning of life and further more it broaden the dimension of our life. Heidegger said 'the human-beings are the beings toward to Death' in Sein und Zeit. He thought that death is the subject related with the recovery of the individual authenticity, and defined the death not as the biological concepts but as the existential concepts. In short, he understood the death as the unique existing way. Moreover he interpreted death as the important turning point which enriches our life. So Heidegger's understanding on death is existential, ontological and further phenomenological. This phenomenological view of death of Heidegger gives following implications on death education. First, it will broaden the dimension of death understanding. Second, death education as pioneering education of life can be a philosophical base of our positive life. Third, the perspective of phenomenological method can be studied as the reflection of the current studies of death education. In this context, it is necessary to study on Death in Heidegger's ontology continuously. As it is said that teaching about death is the teaching about life, the education about the life is more meaningful only with death education. We should think deeply about death and be ready to face death to seek for the answer about the existential questions by Dasein and to recover the authenticity of Dasein.