Meditation and the cultivation of virtue

Upton, Candace L.

doi:10.1080/09515089.2016.1269883

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“…21. For a more recent paper which specifically connects meditation to cultivation of virtue, and includes several other relevant citations, see Upton (2017).…”

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Dispassion as an Ethical Ideal

Carey¹

2018

Ergo, an Open Access Journal of Philosophy

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The concept of dispassion has been an important part of many different ethical traditions, and yet it has received very little direct attention from moral philosophers. In this paper, I try to give an account of the ethical ideal of dispassion, with a particular focus on Buddhism, Stoicism, and Eastern Christianity. I try to show that there is a common core shared between these otherwise very different traditions, and that it can be expressed in contemporary and not explicitly theological or religious terms. What emerges is an attractive understanding of the ethical life worthy of more investigation.

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“…21. For a more recent paper which specifically connects meditation to cultivation of virtue, and includes several other relevant citations, see Upton (2017).…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Dispassion as an Ethical Ideal

Carey¹

2018

Ergo, an Open Access Journal of Philosophy

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“…It was noted in one meta-analysis of the impact of meditation on prosociality that the emotional mechanisms enhanced through meditation that lead to more prosociality include increased positive affect, decreased stress and negative affect, and greater trait mindfulness (Luberto et al, 2018). These findings provide empirical support for the idea that meditation enables individuals to develop the mental states, specifically attention control, emotion regulation, and social connectedness, that are central to many of the virtues (Upton, 2017).…”

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confidence: 86%

“…Recent work suggests that meditation enables character and virtue cultivation by down-regulating negative emotions (e.g., anxiety, anger) that often underlie viscous behavior and upregulating positive emotions (e.g., courage, compassion) that lead to virtuous behavior; this is done through cultivating states of mind that are foundational for virtue (Upton, 2017). There is growing empirical evidence for this assertion in meta-analyses and systematic reviews of meditation interventions.…”

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Examining Cadets’ Beliefs about Meditation Using the Reasoned Action Approach

Erbe

Tilman

Murray

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JCLD

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Meditation has been shown to be a character and virtue formation tool due to its emotion regulation capabilities. Training academies can help their students better develop their character by enabling meditation behavior acquisition. This study examines United States Military cadets’ beliefs about meditation as a means of informing education and intervention programming to maximize the likelihood of cadets adopting the behavior. Implications and suggestions for character education programs are provided.

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“…If this is true, then these signals seem to constitute genuine evidence for the speaker's trustworthiness. Beyond these epistemic values, taking the communicative signals as evidence may also have pragmatic and moral value, as it may promote cultivation of virtues in all who participate in the discourse (Sarkissian, 2010;Alfano, 2014;Upton, 2017).…”

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Heinzelmann

Tran²

2022

Erkenn

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Metacognitive mental states are mental states about mental states. For example, I may be uncertain whether my belief is correct. In social discourse, an interlocutor’s metacognitive certainty may constitute evidence about the reliability of their testimony. For example, if a speaker is certain that their belief is correct, then we may take this as evidence in favour of their belief or its content. This paper argues that, if metacognitive certainty is genuine evidence, then it is disproportionate evidence for extreme beliefs. In support of the argument, we report findings from five studies with different participant samples, designs, and measures. These studies show that, the more extreme an agent’s belief (positive or negative), the more certain they are about it, and vice versa. This relationship might contribute to moralism, virtue signalling, and polarisation, which in turn may be epistemically and morally problematic. Therefore, we caution against taking metacognitive certainty as genuine evidence.

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Meditation and the cultivation of virtue

Cited by 14 publications

References 75 publications

Dispassion as an Ethical Ideal

Dispassion as an Ethical Ideal

Examining Cadets’ Beliefs about Meditation Using the Reasoned Action Approach

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