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         %INTEGRATION OF INCOHERENT ULTIMATE IDEALS 861215

     Conflicts originate in  sets of  incoherent  ultimate
ideals  which  lead  differing members of a  community  to
compete for the same limited resources.   The  integration
of a conflicting community entails the resolution of  such
conflicts  through the integration of incoherent  ultimate
ideals---in  terms  of  a coherent system  of  ideals  and
values   which   leads  to  cooperation  and   integrative
behavior.

     So long as each member of the community regards  self
as the ultimate criteria and source of ideals, values, and
goals;   so  long  will each regard  self  as  having  the
ultimate  responsibility  to  achieve  self  chosen  goals
without  regard for balance between personal and  communal
integrity.    People who hold themselves to be  ultimately
responsible  for  fulfilling their own chosen  ideals  and
values---ultimately   can  not  cooperate  with   humility
with other people of like disposition.

An ultimate commitment to personal independence  and
responsibility   for   independent    success---undermines
the  possibility   of   communal   integrity,    and    so
undermines   personal  integrity  which  can  not  survive
without  communal integrity as its essential context.

                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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