Beyond kindness: a proposal for the flourishing of science and scientists alike
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 Buddhi...
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| author | Frank Schumann Mareike Smolka Zoltan Dienes Annika Lübbert Wolfgang Lukas Mary Gehring Rees Enrico Fucci Marieke van Vugt |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-82387b0683ce41b0a9b5aae893a0be052024-01-09T09:26:53ZengThe Royal SocietyRoyal Society Open Science2054-57032023-11-01101110.1098/rsos.230728Beyond kindness: a proposal for the flourishing of science and scientists alikeFrank Schumann0Mareike Smolka1Zoltan Dienes2Annika Lübbert3Wolfgang Lukas4Mary Gehring Rees5Enrico Fucci6Marieke van Vugt7Laboratoire des systèmes perceptifs, Département d’études cognitives, École normale supérieure, PSL University, CNRS, 75005 Paris, FranceKnowledge, Technology and Innovation, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The NetherlandsSchool of Psychology, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, UKIndependent Researcher, Hamburg, GermanyInstitute for Globally Distributed Open Research and Education (IGDORE), Graz, AustriaIndependent Researcher, Houston, TX, USAInstitute for Globally Distributed Open Research and Education (IGDORE), Gothenburg, SwedenBernoulli Institute of Mathematics, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, University of Groningen, Groningen, The NetherlandsWe 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.https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.230728flourishingscience policyopen scienceethics |
| spellingShingle | Frank Schumann Mareike Smolka Zoltan Dienes Annika Lübbert Wolfgang Lukas Mary Gehring Rees Enrico Fucci Marieke van Vugt Beyond kindness: a proposal for the flourishing of science and scientists alike Royal Society Open Science flourishing science policy open science ethics |
| title | Beyond kindness: a proposal for the flourishing of science and scientists alike |
| title_full | Beyond kindness: a proposal for the flourishing of science and scientists alike |
| title_fullStr | Beyond kindness: a proposal for the flourishing of science and scientists alike |
| title_full_unstemmed | Beyond kindness: a proposal for the flourishing of science and scientists alike |
| title_short | Beyond kindness: a proposal for the flourishing of science and scientists alike |
| title_sort | beyond kindness a proposal for the flourishing of science and scientists alike |
| topic | flourishing science policy open science ethics |
| url | https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.230728 |
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