This-essay is a7611211.htm which is available at the web-site www.essayz.com. See more notes at the bottom. Previous-Essay <== This-Essay ==> Following-Essay By-Months By-Years By-Words Webs of Like-&-Un-Like ESSAYS <==> Like-&-UN-Like This-One ========================================================== %INSTITUTIONS 761121 Institutions are essentially conservative. They conserve traditional relationships involving numerous people and their attitudes/values. The purpose of institutions is to facilitate the efficient interaction of numerous people according to some common goal, perspective, desire, world-view, etc. Each institution is characterized by that which its participants share in common. Many institutions originated with explicit goals and/or purpose as the focus of the institution. The evolution of an institution often results in an institution taking on characteristics which are incompatible with the explicit goals/purpose of the institution. The military who are dedicated to the preservation of their society may adopt methods which will destroy the society rather than permit it to interact intimately with the feared "others". The church which is named after an itinerant hippy non-conformist dedicated to the fulfillment of love's commands may become weighted down with conservative practices designed to preserve that which its namesake lamented. The government instituted by the people to serve the people may choose to keep the people ignorant, in the national interest. Institutional goals/purposes are not the ground for respecting the institution. Institutional goals/purposes are not the ground for respecting the institution. Institutional goals/purposes are not the ground for respecting any given institution. When an institution no longer serves people it should be abandoned or replaced by a preferable alternative. Often it is not easy to create a preferable alternative. Often an institution stands in the way of the formulation of an alternative which would be recognized as preferable. As a result people tolerate the imperfections of that which is, in preference to getting along without any substitute. Yet, when the primary goals and desires are kept in mind, institutions can evolve and/or be replaced in order to serve the will of the people, rather than to serve the wills of the institutions. Through institutional flexibility individual differences may be treated with respect, and sacrificial service leaven the conservative/technocratic tendencies of institutional systems. This will not come to be through systematic efforts. It may come to pass through people risking themselves in sacrificial love. (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in www.essayz.com Search for Integrity and Honesty (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy) ==========================================================
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