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                 %TABOO TESTING THEORY OF INTEGRITY 870124

     People  who  are  compulsively  committed  to   being
objective  can not with integrity test their own  theories
about  what it means to be coherent with human  integrity.
Any  such  theory  is reflexive,  pointing  to  one's  own
behavior.    To be thoroughly objective one needs to avoid
personal   involvement  in  the  subject  of   one's   own
investigation.   Thus  one's  own behavior can not be  the
subject of one's own objective investigation.  One can not
objectively test one's own theories about  the behavior of
subjects  which include one's own self.   People  who  are
compulsively  committed to being  objective thus  must  be
participants  in collusions which  make it taboo  to  test
theories  about what it means to  be  coherent with  human
integrity.

     A commitment to be objective is a reflexive act.   To
be faithful  to the commitment  the  committed people must
inventory  their  own behaviors to see if they  are  being
faithful  to their commitment.   If one is unaware of  how
well  one's behavior conforms to the behavior specified in
one's commitment, one can not correct for failures to live
up to one's commitment.    Thus those who are committed to
objectivity  need  to  be  aware  of  how  well  they  are
fulfilling  their  commitment in order  to  fulfill  their
commitment.

     On the other hand, to inventory one's own behavior to
check  to  see  if your behavior is faithful to  your  own
commitment---is not objective behavior.   The  subject  of
investigation  is  one's  own behavior  in  which  one  is
intimately  involved.    To  examine  one's  own  behavior
involves  one's  own self  emotionally  in  the subject of
one's own investigation.   Such behavior  is taboo  to the
person who is compulsively committed to objectivity.  Such
a compulsive commitment leads to tragic double binds which
lack integrity.  The ideal of always being objective lacks
integrity and undermines personal and communal integrity.

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