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                          %INTEGRATIVE SELF-RESPECT 840710

     To enjoy self-respect is literally to be able to look
at oneself again without embarrassment.   A spectator is a
looker.  A respecter is a re-looker, willing to look-again
without embarrassment.  Self-respect is thus being able to
look at oneself again without embarrassment.  Self-respect
is  clearly self-referential and can not by its nature  be
objective.    We  can not view ourselves as  objects  with
self-respect.    To  view  ourselves  purely   objectively
undermines   our integrity,  and so undermines  the  basis
for self-respect.

     Self-respect   is  impossible  without  a  foundation
for  respect;    criteria in terms of which one  can  view
oneself  without  embarrassment.    In the  face  of  some
criteria self-respect  is impossible.    Integrity is  not
served  by   such criteria.     They  are  evil  criteria,
because they  promote alienation of self from self, and so
from others.

     The  criteria  in  terms  of  which  self-respect  is
possible   are  those  which  promote  both  personal  and
communal integrity; providing safe contexts  within  which
individuals  and  their communities  may  enjoy meaningful
being---for   significant periods of time.   Such  meaning
and  significance  can  not be quantified or  computed  in
helpful ways.
                                                                                                                               
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