Etika in sodobne čuječnostne prakse

magistrsko delo

Cirila Zorenč (Author), Sebastjan Vörös (Mentor), Borut Škodlar (Thesis defence commission member)

Abstract

V magistrskem delu raziskujem odnos med etiko in sodobnimi čuječnostnimi praksami. Zanimanje za proučevanje čuječnosti v kognitivni znanosti narašča, vse pogosteje pa se čuječnostne prakse uporablja tudi kot novo metodo za doseganje vpogleda v prvoosebnem raziskovanju. Vendar pa zadnjih nekaj let vse več avtorjev opozarja na razhajanje med tradicionalnim in sodobnim pojmovanjem čuječnosti in na morebitne negativne posledice, ki jih le-to lahko ima. Glavni predmet debate je odsotnost eksplicitnega etičnega okvira v sodobnih čuječnostnih praksah, kar po mnenju kritikov dopušča številne možnosti zlorabe. Vseeno pa ostaja vloga etike v čuječnostnih praksah v veliki meri neraziskana in le malo raziskav se ukvarja z vprašanjem možnega doprinosa, ki bi ga vpeljava etičnega okvira lahko imela za samo prakso. Cilj moje raziskave je bil ugotoviti, v kolikšni meri sodobne čuječnostne prakse vključujejo etično komponento in kakšen je njen vpliv na učinkovitost prakse, ter postavitev smernic za dolgoročno bolj plodno uporabo čuječnostnih praks na različnih znanstvenih in terapevtskih področjih. Raziskovanja sem se lotila s pomočjo komparativne analize vloge etike v tradicionalnih in sodobnih čuječnostnih praksah ter analize empiričnih rezultatov dosedanjih znanstvenih raziskav. Teoretična analiza je pokazala, da je etična komponenta v sodobnih čuječnostnih praksah v veliki meri odsotna, maloštevilne empirične raziskave pa so obrodile mešane rezultate, kar priča o tem, da so potrebne nadaljnje raziskave. Dosedanje ugotovitve govorijo v prid tezi, da bi lahko vpeljevanje etičnega okvira imelo pozitivne vplive na učinkovitost vadbe. V zaključnem delu podajam nekaj predlogov, na kakšen način bi lahko kognitivna znanost bolje raziskovala odnos med etiko in čuječnostnimi praksami. Hkrati skušam tudi odgovoriti na vprašanje, zakaj je boljše poznavanje vloge etičnega okvira sploh pomembno ter kako bi lahko tovrstne okvire uporabili v današnji, sekularizirani družbi.

Keywords

čuječnost;

Data

Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2017
Typology:	2.09 - Master's Thesis
Organization:	UL PEF - Faculty of Education
Publisher:	[C. Zorenč]
UDC:	17:2-426(043.2)
COBISS:	11701321
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Secondary language:	Slovenian
Secondary title:	Ethics and contemporary mindfulness
Secondary abstract:	This thesis explores the relationship between ethics, and modern mindfulness interventions. Mindfulness research is becoming increasingly popular in cognitive science, and mindfulness practices are also starting to be used as a new method in phenomenological research. However, in the past few years a number of researchers have pointed out some worrying differences between the modern, and the traditional, understanding of mindfulness – the main difference being the absence of an explicit ethical framework in modern mindfulness interventions. This could potentially have quite negative consequences. Aside from raising concerns, the role of ethics in mindfulness interventions remains largely unexplored. Only a small number of studies have focused on the potential contribution of a more ethically-oriented practice. Considering this, the aim of the present study was to assess whether ethics is a factor present in modern mindfulness interventions, and how this may affect the efficacy of the practice. A further aim to the thesis was to establish guidelines for more fruitful use of mindfulness interventions in a range of scientific and therapeutic environments. The research was conducted by theoretical analysis, comparing the role of ethics in traditional and contemporary practices, and by meta-analysis of the up-to-date empirical research in the field. The theoretical analysis showed that ethics is a largely absent factor in modern mindfulness interventions. Findings so far speak in favour of the thesis, that a more ethical framing of mindfulness could yield beneficial results. However, the scarce empirical research on the topic was far from conclusive, urging further research. In the final part, I offer some suggestions for a better, and further, exploration of the relationship between ethics and mindfulness within cognitive science. I also explore the ways to introduce a more ethically-focused mindfulness practice into a modern, secularised society.
Secondary keywords:	čuječnost;budizem;sekularizacija;moralna odgovornost;cognition;moral value;kognicija;moralna vrednota;
File type:	application/pdf
Type (COBISS):	Master's thesis/paper
Thesis comment:	Univerza v Ljubljani, skupni interdisciplinarni program druge stopnje Kognitivna znanost v sodelovanju z Universität Wien, Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave in Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem
Pages:	52 str.
ID:	10864183