Although many studies conducted in various fields and various cultural and national contexts indicate that spirituality is associated with a wide range of comparative judgment, recent theory suggests that under certain conditions there may be limits to the positive impact of spirituality on decision making in a competitive situation. I ask: Is there an upper limit to the benefits of positive affect in spirituality beyond which it could impair effective psychological and behavioral functions? What are the interactive factors upon which a positive or negative impact is expected?
Would it nor depend on the particular spirituality? A spirituality based on universal oneness, simple life style and dying to ego would become less competitive and less judgmental. This would not fit well in a capitalist society or economy based on competition and greed. American capitalism has encouraged a different spirituality in which the accumulation of wealth at the expense of less fortunate groups, is acceptable and even admired as a blessing from God.
Dear Alan, Spiritual capital is defined as the set of personal, intangible, and transcendent resources that emanate from an individual’s spiritual or religious beliefs and experiences and may be used in economic activity. With this given definition, it could contribute to comparative judgment. What do you think?
We all know that spirituality is a moral code of line behavior practice & action of thinking .Spirituality should not be made any dogma it is our cultivation of our mind process with we all are derived initially under going the process of various books of spiritual master listening to the discourses of religions master & by training our mind with our own thinking & guideline ,we may be under the conclusion of reshape our mind with our own method & own thinking by selecting a path of religion ,meditation or prayer or simple yogi silent breathing & with our devotion & above practices we may follow the path of spirituality & when this come our mind becomes all the time neutral & we wish to live in our society with our own path of living .
In above line it is very likely that a person in the spirituality can not be affected by any other judgement or any other ideas as he will prefer to follow the path of his selected line of thinking .
This is my personal opinion
A few thoughts come to mind-
First, you would need to define spirituality. Spirituality has connotations ranging from the healing properties of crystals to religious rituals and practices. Once spirituality was defined I would say that there are a variety of ties of spirituality to behavioral and psychological patterns regardless of the definition. Human existence is a combination of all factors that interrelate to one another. As with the theory of the butterfly effect, any judgment we make or action we take causes a chain reaction that is tied to our spiritual, physical, emotional or behavioral actions. With regards to spirit and judgment, I have found a few ties that are the tipping point for spirit and emotion and behavior.
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1. Words and actions matching
2. No judgment of good or bad, or wrong or right
3. Keeping focused on the goal, plan
These factors are core elements to spirit (from the definition of connections to self, others, and the world) and when you cannot interconnect with these elements it reduces your ability to focus on a non-biased judgment that keeps you centered.
I agree that spirituality would not be a compatible ideology with Neoliberal capitalism. A spirituality based on collectiveness would not require competition. Or a sturdy spirituality-based on collectiveness and unification would compete against Neoliberal capitalism and not participate in it. So perhaps the upper limit of spirituality based on collectiveness would be to fight back against Neo liberal capitalism and destroy their form of so-called "development." Are you saying that people who are spiritual will avoid a fight? I think in the case of Neoliberalism and World bank and IMF there is rampant evil and destruction where people are getting displaced and killed over their land under the guise of "development" and all those who are spiritual should rise up and fight it if we want to keep our world. Competitiveness may be inevitable. Are you saying that in the case of good and evil good will always back down and this is the upper limit you are referring to?
If we consider that any decision-making is constituted by a process of rationalization, it is clear that spirituality can affect our behavior. It is important to note that spirituality, whether religious or not, has a direct impact on the beliefs of individuals, which modifies the way in which they seek to satisfy their desires and thus make decisions. It is inevitable that our belief system influences the way our preference scale is built up when it comes to acting. I would suggest that you look at spirituality as part of beliefs and you can find a lot of information within the theory of rationality. There are many articles that address the impact of spirituality on work and how it forms part of the individual's belief system.
Jose, Thanks for your answer. For sure it does. But the question is how. Could you please address some articles on this topic?
Since it is clear that everything can affect comparative judgment, and that spirituality is highly subjective (and has far too many definitions), wouldn't it be more illuminating to ask, "To what degree do factors like spirituality affect judgment?" or even, "What does it take for judgment to be free of preconceptions?" What is it you are really seeking to demonstrate?
Spirituality can usually be both beneficial and negative in decision making, but this depends on the degree to which spirituality affects or influences the individual's beliefs and how they are constituted. A spirituality with arguments, is structured in a rational way, which gives way to an improvement in the process of decision making. This can be very different when speaking of a blind spirituality, which, because it is not well argued, can be disastrous in any decision.
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