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- A Brief Moral History of Psychotherapy
- What Do Psychotherapists Need to Know about Ethics? Lessons from the History of Professional Ethics
- The History and Ethics of the Therapeutic Relationship
- Autonomy as a Goal of Psychotherapy
- Patient Protection and Paternalism in Psychotherapy
- Empathy, Honesty, and Integrity in the Therapist: A Person-Centered Perspective
- Fairness, Justice, and Economical Thinking in Psychotherapy
- Ethics of Care Approaches in Psychotherapy
- Legitimate and Illegitimate Imposition of Therapists’ Values on Patients
- Virtue Ethics in Psychotherapy
- How Do People Make Moral Medical Decisions?
- Existential Philosophy and Psychotherapy Ethics
- Phenomenological-Hermeneutic Resources for an Ethics of Psychotherapeutic Care
- Free Will, Responsibility, and Blame in Psychotherapy
- Dignity in Psychotherapy
- The Ethics of Informed Consent for Psychotherapy
- Ethics of the Psychotherapeutic Alliance, Shared Decision Making and Consensus on Therapy Goals
- Evidence, Science, and Ethics in Talk-Based Healing Practices
- Patient Information on Evidence and Clinical Effectiveness of Psychotherapy
- Ethical Dimensions of Psychotherapy Side Effects
- Privacy and Confidentiality in Psychotherapy: Conceptual Background and Ethical Considerations in the Light of Clinical Challenges
- Ethics Considerations in Selecting Psychotherapy Modalities and Formats
- Dual and Multiple Relationships in Psychotherapy
- Psychotherapist Self-Disclosure
- The Ethics of Placebo and Nocebo in Psychotherapy
- The Business of Psychotherapy in Private Practice
- Mental Health Care Funding Systems and their Impact on Access to Psychotherapy
- Psychotherapeutic Futility
- The Moral Significance of Recovery
- Social Media Ethics for the Professional Psychotherapist
- Relationship between Religion, Spirituality, and Psychotherapy: An Ethical Perspective
- Ethics and Expert Authority in the Patient–Psychotherapist Relationship
- Ethical Issues in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Ethical Processes in Psychoanalysis and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
- Ethical Issues in Systemic Psychotherapy
- Ethical Issues in Existential-Humanistic Psychotherapy
- Ethical Considerations in Emotion-Focused Therapy
- Ethical Considerations on Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapeutic Interventions
- Psychotherapy Integration as an Ethical Practice
- Identifying and Resolving Ethical Dilemmas in Group Psychotherapy
- Ethics in Couple and Family Psychotherapy
- Psychotherapy with Children and Adolescents
- Ethical Aspects of Online Psychotherapy
- The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in Psychotherapy
- Psychotherapy in Old Age: Ethical Issues
- Ethical Considerations of Court-Ordered Outpatient Therapy
- Ethical Issues in the Psychotherapy of High Risk Offenders
- Common Ethical Issues Associated with Psychotherapy in Rural Areas
- Beyond the Office Walls: Ethical Challenges of Home Treatment, and Other Out-of-Office Therapies
- Ethical Issues in Psychotherapy of Other Therapists: Description, Considerations, and Ways of Coping
- Ethics of Psychotherapeutic Interventions in Palliative Care
- <b>Ethical Psychotherapeutic Management of Patients with Medically Unexplained Symptoms: The Risk of Misdiagnosis and Harm</b>
- Psychotherapy in a Multicultural Society
- Conducting Psychotherapy through a Foreign Language Interpreter: Ethical Dilemmas
- Ethics of Animal-Assisted Psychotherapy
- “Even Therapists Need Therapists”: Ethical Issues in Working with LGBTQ+ Clients
- Intersectionality and Psychotherapy with an Eye to Clinical and Professional Ethics
- The Ethics of Mindfulness-Based Interventions: A Population-Level Perspective
- Virtue Ethics and the Multicultural Clinic
- Toward an Evidence-based Standard of Professional Competence
- Ethical Importance of Psychotherapists’ Self-Care and When It Fails
- The Metaethics of Psychotherapy Codes of Ethics and Conduct
- Professional Conduct and Handling Misconduct in Psychotherapy: Ethical Practice between Boundaries, Relationships, and Reality
- Dealing with Moral Dilemmas in Psychotherapy: The Relevance of Moral Case Deliberation
- Psychotherapy Ethics in Film
- Psychotherapy Ethics in Twentieth-Century Literature
- Ethical Issues in Psychotherapy Research
Abstract and Keywords
When applied in population-level contexts, such as schools or business, mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) find themselves in a crossfire between two different kinds of criticisms. On one side, some worry that MBIs’ normative commitments might be “too thick,” worrying that MBIs might come with a particular conception of the good, and significant ethical and religious commitments. On the other side, some worry that contemporary MBIs are ethically “too thin,” as they shed too many of their original Buddhist ethical and soteriological goals. In this chapter, it is argued that contemporary MBIs should remain normatively thin, as that makes them more suitable for population-level contexts. Against “thickness worries,” it is argued that MBIs are compatible with liberal respect for autonomy, as the benefits are often autonomy-enhancing, which makes MBIs potentially valuable across a broad range of conceptions of the good. The second line of argument is developed through a discussion of MBIs in schools.
Keywords: mindfulness-based interventions, mindfulness, schools, liberalism, autonomy
Andreas T. Schmidt
Faculty of Philosophy, University of Groningen
Lovro Savić
Ethox Centre, University of Oxford
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- A Brief Moral History of Psychotherapy
- What Do Psychotherapists Need to Know about Ethics? Lessons from the History of Professional Ethics
- The History and Ethics of the Therapeutic Relationship
- Autonomy as a Goal of Psychotherapy
- Patient Protection and Paternalism in Psychotherapy
- Empathy, Honesty, and Integrity in the Therapist: A Person-Centered Perspective
- Fairness, Justice, and Economical Thinking in Psychotherapy
- Ethics of Care Approaches in Psychotherapy
- Legitimate and Illegitimate Imposition of Therapists’ Values on Patients
- Virtue Ethics in Psychotherapy
- How Do People Make Moral Medical Decisions?
- Existential Philosophy and Psychotherapy Ethics
- Phenomenological-Hermeneutic Resources for an Ethics of Psychotherapeutic Care
- Free Will, Responsibility, and Blame in Psychotherapy
- Dignity in Psychotherapy
- The Ethics of Informed Consent for Psychotherapy
- Ethics of the Psychotherapeutic Alliance, Shared Decision Making and Consensus on Therapy Goals
- Evidence, Science, and Ethics in Talk-Based Healing Practices
- Patient Information on Evidence and Clinical Effectiveness of Psychotherapy
- Ethical Dimensions of Psychotherapy Side Effects
- Privacy and Confidentiality in Psychotherapy: Conceptual Background and Ethical Considerations in the Light of Clinical Challenges
- Ethics Considerations in Selecting Psychotherapy Modalities and Formats
- Dual and Multiple Relationships in Psychotherapy
- Psychotherapist Self-Disclosure
- The Ethics of Placebo and Nocebo in Psychotherapy
- The Business of Psychotherapy in Private Practice
- Mental Health Care Funding Systems and their Impact on Access to Psychotherapy
- Psychotherapeutic Futility
- The Moral Significance of Recovery
- Social Media Ethics for the Professional Psychotherapist
- Relationship between Religion, Spirituality, and Psychotherapy: An Ethical Perspective
- Ethics and Expert Authority in the Patient–Psychotherapist Relationship
- Ethical Issues in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Ethical Processes in Psychoanalysis and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
- Ethical Issues in Systemic Psychotherapy
- Ethical Issues in Existential-Humanistic Psychotherapy
- Ethical Considerations in Emotion-Focused Therapy
- Ethical Considerations on Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapeutic Interventions
- Psychotherapy Integration as an Ethical Practice
- Identifying and Resolving Ethical Dilemmas in Group Psychotherapy
- Ethics in Couple and Family Psychotherapy
- Psychotherapy with Children and Adolescents
- Ethical Aspects of Online Psychotherapy
- The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in Psychotherapy
- Psychotherapy in Old Age: Ethical Issues
- Ethical Considerations of Court-Ordered Outpatient Therapy
- Ethical Issues in the Psychotherapy of High Risk Offenders
- Common Ethical Issues Associated with Psychotherapy in Rural Areas
- Beyond the Office Walls: Ethical Challenges of Home Treatment, and Other Out-of-Office Therapies
- Ethical Issues in Psychotherapy of Other Therapists: Description, Considerations, and Ways of Coping
- Ethics of Psychotherapeutic Interventions in Palliative Care
- <b>Ethical Psychotherapeutic Management of Patients with Medically Unexplained Symptoms: The Risk of Misdiagnosis and Harm</b>
- Psychotherapy in a Multicultural Society
- Conducting Psychotherapy through a Foreign Language Interpreter: Ethical Dilemmas
- Ethics of Animal-Assisted Psychotherapy
- “Even Therapists Need Therapists”: Ethical Issues in Working with LGBTQ+ Clients
- Intersectionality and Psychotherapy with an Eye to Clinical and Professional Ethics
- The Ethics of Mindfulness-Based Interventions: A Population-Level Perspective
- Virtue Ethics and the Multicultural Clinic
- Toward an Evidence-based Standard of Professional Competence
- Ethical Importance of Psychotherapists’ Self-Care and When It Fails
- The Metaethics of Psychotherapy Codes of Ethics and Conduct
- Professional Conduct and Handling Misconduct in Psychotherapy: Ethical Practice between Boundaries, Relationships, and Reality
- Dealing with Moral Dilemmas in Psychotherapy: The Relevance of Moral Case Deliberation
- Psychotherapy Ethics in Film
- Psychotherapy Ethics in Twentieth-Century Literature
- Ethical Issues in Psychotherapy Research
