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%VIOLENT COMBINATIONS OF IDEALS 841025
Violence is rooted in unreconciled conflicts among
transcendent ideals.
People who are ultimately committed to the support of
ideals which are in conflict with each other---are
logically committed to courses of action which will bring
them into conflict with each other; unless they are
also committed jointly to ideals which will guide
them in finding reconciliation among their ideals
through creative conflict resolution.
Violence is an expression of a desire to see one's
own ideals prevail against other's ideals---which seek
to prevail against one's own ideals. Unless there is
a common commitment to reconciliation and dialogue---
violence or apathy are the inevitable alternatives.
Personal and communal integrity are possible only
through some kind of commitment to integrity---as an
ideal which transcends other ideals in the
service of integration of both persons and communities.
Integration is facilitated by people who clearly
perceive disintegration in its various manifestations:
alienation, estrangement; coercion, manipulation,
control and rejection of people as whole beings;
exclusivity, elitism, authoritarianism, arrogance;
injustice and corruption due to unbalanced
concentration of power;
specialization which undermines balanced perception;
and many other forms.
Disintegration can best be recognized when it is
perceived as the violation of integrity; integrity
which is valued as an ideals which gives coherence to all
other ideals. Disintegration can creatively dealt with
--- when it is clearly recognized as undermining the
coherence and meaning of all other ideals.
It is particularly tragic when, in the service of
subsidiary ideals, people do things which undermine the
integrity which provides the coherence and meaning of the
ideals they presume to serve. No meaningful ideal is
properly served by actions which bring about the
disintegration of personal and communal integrity. With
this in mind it is possible to assess how properly people
are serving the ideals and values which they claim to be
serving. Clarity in such assessments is essential to
personal and communal integrity.
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