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Schumann F, Smolka M, Dienes Z, Lübbert A, Lukas W, Rees MG, Fucci E, van Vugt M. Beyond kindness: a proposal for the flourishing of science and scientists alike. R Soc Open Sci 2023; 10:230728. [PMID: 38026042 PMCID: PMC10663797 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.230728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2023] [Accepted: 10/31/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023]
Abstract
We argue that many of the crises currently afflicting science can be associated with a present failure of science to sufficiently embody its own values. Here, we propose a response beyond mere crisis resolution based on the observation that an ethical framework of flourishing derived from the Buddhist tradition aligns surprisingly well with the values of science itself. This alignment, we argue, suggests a recasting of science from a competitively managed activity of knowledge production to a collaboratively organized moral practice that puts kindness and sharing at its core. We end by examining how Flourishing Science could be embodied in academic practice, from individual to organizational levels, and how that could help to arrive at a flourishing of scientists and science alike.
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Affiliation(s)
- Frank Schumann
- Laboratoire des systèmes perceptifs, Département d’études cognitives, École normale supérieure, PSL University, CNRS, 75005 Paris, France
- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, CNRS, Institut de la Vision, 75012 Paris, France
- Université de Paris, CNRS, Integrative Neuroscience and Cognition Center, 75006 Paris, France
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- Knowledge, Technology and Innovation, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Human Technology Center, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, UK
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- Institute for Globally Distributed Open Research and Education (IGDORE), Graz, Austria
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- Institute for Globally Distributed Open Research and Education (IGDORE), Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Bernoulli Institute of Mathematics, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Tischler AM, Rees MG, Dunn HG, Smith SA, Jan JE. Esotropia and epileptic eye deviation. Can J Ophthalmol 1996; 31:369-72. [PMID: 8971459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- A M Tischler
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
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