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%RESPONSIBILITY FOR GUILT 840821
People commonly assume that it is the person who has
done a no-no who is responsible for all the guilt felt
in regards to the no-no. It is assumed that it is the
guilty person who behaves differently to reduce the
damage done by guilt; and that it is the duty of others
to encourage the feelings of guilt---to discourage
the unconventional behavior which occasioned the guilt.
Guilt is viewed as the proper tool for preventing
undesirable unconventional behavior.
All guilt tends to undermine personal and communal
integrity. Guilt entails the alienation of the guilty
person from himself or herself, and from others. Guilt
is the alienation of the guilty person from himself
or herself, and from others. Guilt is the alienation
which comes from rejection associated with negative
judgments. In the absence of rejection there is little
guilt, because there is no alienation. Judgments
which are free of rejection do not engender alienation
and guilt; they do not undermine the personal and
communal integrities of those who are creative enough
to transcend conventional patterns of behavior.
Judgments must be made regarding the extent to which
creative unconventional behavior does, or may,
undermine personal and communal integrity. No
matter how "good" rejecting of people may be, such
personal rejections are evil behaviors which undermines
integrity. Unconventional people who refuse to reject
other people are far more integrative---than are
controllers who enforce formal and informal rules and
traditions by means of excommunications.
The responsibility for the destruction occasioned
guilt lies with all members of a society that regards
personal rejection as a proper tool for promoting the
integrity of a society. Such people contribute tragically
to the undermining of the personal and communal integrity
which they usually believe they are promoting. They do
not understand what they are doing, and are in need of
forgiveness, not rejection.
Individuals and societies can not enjoy the full
measure of personal and communal integrity---so long as
they do not work to minimize not eliminated guilt, and to
enjoy freedom from guilt and from the fears which guilt
promotes.
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