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%DEDICATION PROMOTING PERSONAL COMMUNAL INTEGRITY+841028
%FACILITATION OF UNBIASED OPEN AND HONEST DIALOGUE 841028
Conflicts among people flow from conflicts among the
ideals to which the people are dedicated. Internal
conflicts within people flow from conflicts among the
ideals to which individuals are dedicated. Such conflicts
lead to personal and communal disintegration---because
they undermine personal and communal integrity.
Meaningful survival is not possible without integrity.
Dedications which undermine integrity can not be
ultimately meaningful.
Members of a limited community may sincerely engage
in games of mutual self deception. They may be open and
honest with each other according to the tacit rules of a
game of mutual self deception. One of those rules is to
be unaware of the game. Thus they can unwittingly be
biased in open and honest dialogue. Such bias becomes
evident when members of one limited community come into
conflict with members of another limited community; e.g.,
a cross cultural conflict. Open and honest dialogue among
members of differing cultures is nearly impossible---if
they are participants in games of mutual self deception.
The tacit rules of the games of mutual self deception
will make unbiased open and honest dialogue exceedingly
difficult to realize.
When members of two cultures come into conflict---
the integrity of the extended community which includes
both cultures will depend upon the dedication of some
members to the ideal of promoting both personal and
communal integrity via the facilitation of unbiased open
and honest dialogue. Ideals which are less central to
the integrity of the extended community may properly
be assessed in terms of how well they will promote
integrity. The ideal of perpetuating the games of
mutual self deception will clearly not promote
integrity, but those dedicated to that ideal will find it
difficult to commit themselves to any integrative ideal.
They must become aware of the fact that in the absence
of global integrity---all other ideals become futile---
especially if those ideals lead to a nuclear winter
which puts an end to the ideals which triggered the
nuclear winter.
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