This-essay is a7912172.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
==========================================================
%DUTY VERSUS DISPOSITION/FEELINGS 791217
When duty requires a person to do something while not
disposed to do so, the duty creates a context in which
violence may be done to feelings. Violence may occur when
duty is regarded as absolute --- without respect to
feelings. One person may manipulate situations so as to
impose upon another person a duty which the other person
feels disposed to reject. If legalistically defined
duties are regarded as absolute --- they may place
unrestrained power in the hands of manipulative persons
who have little respect for other people's feelings.
Duties are contextually defined and manipulative persons
can create the contexts which occasion duties, with little
respect for the affective needs of those upon whom the
duties are placed.
If parents have placed upon them absolute duties with
respect to meeting their children's needs, the children
may manipulate contexts so that the parents must do that
which they do not feel like doing. Such parental
obedience to their children's bidding will mislead the
children and spoil them. The children will learn to be
insensitive and disrespectful with regards to their
parent's feelings. Parental duties must be counter-
balanced with children's duties to respect parents'
feelings. It is perverse to regard parental duties as
absolute --- without regard for parental feelings.
If students have placed upon them absolute academic
duties with respect to meeting their teacher's
expectations, the teachers may manipulate contexts so that
the students' must do that which they do not feel like
doing. Students obedience to their teachers' bidding will
mislead the teachers to abuse them. The teachers will
learn to be insensitive and disrespectful with regards to
their students' feelings. Students' duties must be
counter-balanced with teachers' duties to respect
students' feelings. It is perverse to regard students's
duties as absolute --- without regard for students'
feelings.
Legalistic systems tend toward perversion because
they can not humanely take into account subjective aspects
of personal relationships. People can not truly live
humane lives based upon legalistic definitions of duties.
(c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in
www.essayz.com Search for Integrity and Honesty
(On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)
==========================================================
Lines beginning with a percent sign are KEYWORDS for use
in ESSAY-System Searches. Their terminal digits are dates
of writing in the format @yymmdd#, where @ = a means 99,
@ = b means 20, and # = is a within-date essay-count.
Links to date-adjacent essays are near page top & bottom.
Find the following links by clicking on CENTER when CENTER
near the top or bottom of a web page of essayz.com
1. Go to HOME PAGE of essayz.com
2. Find brief-essays via keywords
3. Find brief-essay about ADDICTION
4. Search-Helps related to ABOVE-LINK
5. GoTo Action & Information Center
6. Find Regular-Essays via Year/Month
7. Find Regular-Essays via Word-Starts
8. Find Regular-Essay about LOVE
This-essay is a7912172.htm which is available at the
web-site www.essayz.com. These 5 lines echo top lines.
Previous-Essay <== This-Essay ==> Following-Essay
By-Months By-Years By-Words
Webs of Like-&-Un-Like ESSAYS <==> Like-&-UN-Like This-One