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                   %ETHICAL MORAL ALTERNATIVES LOVE 860520

     People  who  are  compulsively  focused  upon   being
ethical   and/or  moral  are  often  alienative  in  their
behaviors.   There  is  a  need for  people  demonstrating
integrative   ways   of   behaving  which   are   creative
alternatives to compulsive ethical and/or moral behavior.

     Conformal systems of behavior tend to be alienative i
character,   undermining the  integrity/character of those
people affected by the conformal  expectations---which are
inconsistent  with   their  own unique  personal  creative
potentials   which  transcend  conformity.    Failures  to
conform   to  externally  imposed  expectations  lead   to
punishments  which  constitute threats  against yet others
who might fail to conform, and so violate people's freedom
to be  true  to  themselves  with  integrity. Coercion and
violence are rarely the most integrative alternatives in a
situation,   although they are often the  most  convenient
and/or the least costly to the persons prone to chose them
from among other more integrative alternatives.

     Ethical   and   moral   expectations   which   demand
conformity often lead to disintegrative consequences. Such
consequences  are the tragic fruits of  ideals  and values
which  were  chosen with inadequate understanding  of  the
integration and  disintegration which flow from the chosen
ideals  and  values.    In  the  absence  of  an  accurate
understanding        of       the       dynamics        of
integration/disintegration  in  personal,   corporate  and
communal relationships;   it is difficult  to  assess  the
wisdom  of  living  according  to any  ideals  and  values
regarded as of ultimate importance.  Does it make sense to
affirm as of ultimate importance any ideals and values, if
those    affirmed   lead   to   personal   and    communal
disintegration in tragic processes which are beyond  human
control?
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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