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 %NORMATIVE SCIENCE PARADIGM CONFORM ADDICT CONTROL 900621

     Members  of  a  subculture encourage  each  other  to
conform  according  to  their  paradigm  which  says  what
activities are important,  respectable,  good,  righteous,
etc.

     The nature of the behaviors which are the focus of  a
paradigm varies according to the nature of the subculture:
street  gang,   primitive  tribe,   extended  closely-knit
family,   ethnic  neighborhood,   religious  denomination,
college,   university,   scholarly  profession,    service
profession,  academic department,  research sub-specialty,
college of deans,  presidential council, etc.   Regardless
of  its nature each such subculture promotes its own  form
of conformity in terms of the paradigm which characterizes
the  subculture.   Members who  do  not conform are looked
upon with less favor than are those who do conform to  the
dominant paradigm.

Each   paradigm  tends  to  dominate  the   creative
behaviors of each subculture.  Creativity is molded by the
dominant  paradigm.    Creativity  which  transcends   the
paradigm is not likely to be recognized as creativity; and
may  be  regarded  as deviant  behavior  which  should  be
overtly punished, or discouraged covertly.

     Addicts  and codependents within each subculture  are
prone  to  engage in manipulative behaviors which seek  to
promote the kinds of conformity which conform to their own
perceptions  of the dominant paradigm and how the paradigm
is  most likely to help them to meet their  own  perceived
needs.    The  paradigm guides addictive  and  codependent
behaviors   within  each  subculture  in  ways  which  are
characteristic to the dominant paradigm which defines  the
subculture.

     Any  effort  to  promote both personal  and  communal
integrity   will  need  to  take  into  consideration  the
dominant paradigm(s)  which are operative within the total
community which is in question.   The participants in  the
collusive  games  of mutual self deception are  guided  by
their own dominant paradigm(s) and make sense of their own
dishonest behavior in terms of those paradigm(s).

     When  a  paradigm promotes  behaviors  which  involve
active  and  passive abuse of the children and youth of  a
community,  the  community  tends  towards disintegration.
When  a paradigm promotes behaviors which  encourage  open
and honest expressions of authentic  love with appropriate
affection---the   community  enjoys  both   personal   and
communal integrity.  The way a paradigm leads members of a
community  to  spend  their limited time and  other scarce
resources    thereby   leads   the    community    towards
disintegration or integration.

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