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%CAUTION AND EXCLUSIVITY 780809
If we are dominated by exclusive values we become the
victims of double-binds in occasions when we seek to be
cautious. To be cautious for an exclusively oriented
person means to be especially careful to honor exclusive
values. Yet, there are times when even an exclusively
oriented person becomes aware of the dangers present in a
particular approach to a situation---even an approach
called for by honored exclusive values. An exclusive
approach can be dangerous and exclusivity may be
transcended enough to recognize such a danger. The
exclusively oriented person is then faced with the
problem of how to deal with the danger present
in the familiar/traditional exclusive approach.
Consider a particular example of the danger present
in trying to be cautious when there is danger present in
an exclusive approach: An objective/analytic person may
become aware of the impropriety of exclusive objectivity,
analysis, systematics, manipulation, planning, etc.---
in intimate personal relations. Such a person is likely
to have been trained to be cautious by taking care to
be thoroughly objective, analytic, systematic,
manipulative, calculative, etc. To such a person
"caution" may mean the affirmation of that which is the
occasion for danger in intimate personal relationships.
Thus is occasioned a double bind. To urge
faithfulness to "conscience", "ethics", "morality",
etc. will not be helpful. The conflict is occasionally
by the person's highest values and any failure to have
learned their value contextually---with awareness/respect
for their limitations. To be objective and analyze the
risk in being objective/analytic in intimate
relationships---while participating in intimate
relationships---will not achieve the purpose of caution.
In fact, it may be inappropriate to use caution as a means
to the desired end. Caution itself may be an exclusive
value---which may exclude affirmations which may be
expressions of Love in specific contexts.
Ways need to be found to transcend the double-binds
which are generated by sincere efforts to transcend the
limitations of specific values---while operating under
the dominant guidance of the values which we seek
to transcend. This is of great importance in a
technocratic society which is dominated by technocratic
leaders who need to transcend technocratic values in
order to be humane.
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