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Exploring the potential contributions of mindfulness and compassion-based practices for enhancing the teaching of undergraduate ethics courses in philosophy 자세히보기
  • 자료유형학술지논문
  • 저자명Paulson, John,Kretz, Lisa
  • 학회/출판사/기관명JAI PRESS INC
  • 출판년도2018
  • 언어영어
  • 학술지명/학위논문주기The Social science journal
  • 발행사항Vol.55No.3[2018]_x000D_
  • ISBN/ISSN0362-3319
  • 소개/요약There are numerous ethical theories from which faculty may choose to teach in undergraduate philosophical ethics courses. Whether learning such theories results in ethical behavior change remains an open question. If one of the goals of teaching ethics is to support ethical behavior, then alternative approaches are merited. Within the past decades, there has been a growing emphasis on mindfulness and compassion-based practices in particular, as applied to psychotherapy in the field of psychology. Such findings have bearing on ways in which compassion-based practices might be fruitful in the philosophical ethics classroom. This article will identify issues with the dominant approach to teaching philosophical ethics, focusing on the need for a bridge between theory and action. It will also explore the potential benefits of utilizing mindfulness in the classroom, with a focus on compassion-based practices such as loving-kindness, to contribute to meeting this need to enhance the teaching of undergraduate philosophical ethics.