志愿服务和佛教伦理在泰国新冠肺炎疫情应对中的作用

Q4 Arts and Humanities Caritas et Veritas Pub Date : 2022-12-09 DOI:10.32725/cetv.2022.009

Soraj Hongladarom, Daniel D. Novotný

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2020年2月，一名游客从中国入境，泰国是中国以外第一个发现新冠肺炎病例的国家。尽管如此，截至目前，新冠肺炎的总体死亡率仍远低于大多数其他国家。这次成功的因素是什么？在本文中，我们关注志愿服务的作用，并认为其与泰国公共卫生保健系统的无缝整合是建立在该国以佛教为主的宗教文化之上的，与佛教美德的培养相对应，如同情心（karuṇā），以及行善/立功的动机（tham bun）。我们认为，佛教伦理及其习惯构成了国家强大志愿者文化的关键因素。我们通过调查现有文献并在2022年5月和6月对七名健康志愿者进行半结构化访谈来解决我们的主题。我们处理的可能反对意见是，泰国信奉的佛教是一种个人主义宗教，是志愿服务和有效应对疫情的一个相当负面的激励因素。©2022，Caritas et Veritas。保留所有权利。

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The Role of Volunteerism and Buddhist Ethics for the Covid-19 Pandemic Response in Thailand

Thailand was the fi rst country outside of China where a case of COVID-19 was found when a tourist entered the country from China in February 2020. Still, as of now, the overall mortality there from Covid-19 remains much lower than in most other countries. What are the factors of this success? In this paper, we focus on the role of volunteerism and argue that its seamless integration into the Thai public health care system is founded upon the predominantly Buddhist religious culture in the country and corresponds to the cultivation of Buddhist virtues, such as compassion (karuṇā), and the motivation to do/make merit (tham bun). We suggest that Buddhist ethics and its habituation constitutes the key factor that underlies the coun try's strong volunteer culture. We address our topic by surveying the existing literature and conducting semi-structured interviews with seven health volunteers in May and June 2022. We deal with the possible objection that Theravāda Buddhism practised in Thailand is an individualistic religion and a rather negative motivating factor for volunteerism and effi cient pandemic response. © 2022,Caritas et Veritas. All Rights Reserved.

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