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%TRUTHFUL VS CHARITABLE COMMON 800829
Intellectuals, scientists, rationalists, etc. tend to
focus upon whether or not a statement is true or false.
Legalists and moralists tend to focus upon whether it is
legal, proper, moral, ethical, or legitimate to make the
statement---sometimes without and sometimes with concern
for the context of making the statement. In all these
instances there is a tendency towards exclusivity within
subcultures that value certain statements in common, and
that value people---who share such statements in common.
Such people tend not to value other people who do not
share such statements in common. Thus in these instances
the nature of the focus upon statements tends to be
alienative. The world is divided into the good people and
the good statements they make on the one hand, and evil
people and the evil statements which they make on the
other hand. Dialogue is thus blocked, misunderstanding
promoted, and alienation rules.
People who get trapped in the above perceptual
framework need to consider other alternative ways of
considering statements. Regardless of how statements
appear from the above perspectives they may be regarded as
charitable or alienative. Here the word "charitable" is
intended to connote helpful, loving, promoting wisdom,
practical and useful. It is worth spending time
considering charitable statements. Many charitable
statements would not be viewed positively from the
perspectives indicated above. Not all statements need be
either charitable or alienative---there may be statements
which are neither charitable nor alienative. It should
also be noted that many statements which are regarded
positively by the formerly noted criteria are alienative,
and many of the statements which are regarded negatively
by the former criteria are charitable. The
charitable/alienative perspective leads to independent
judgments regarding the value of statements.
To be wise we need to transcend the limitations of
the first set of criteria without losing sight of their
utility. The first set of criteria should not be
permitted to imprison us in perceptions which occasion
alienative behavior. The charitable/alienative criteria
offers a more liberating way of judging the value of
statements.
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