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     %IMPERFECT PEOPLE SYSTEMS VALUES IDEALS ADDICT 910514

     Imperfect people  are  prone to  believe  that  their
failures and imperfections are only their own, and not due
to  the  imperfections in the foundations of their systems
of  ideals  and  values.    They are unlikely  to  examine
the  foundations  of their systems of ideals and   values;
the most fundamental assumptions,  attitudes,  perceptions
upon   which      their    sense     of     acceptability,
propriety,    respectability,   etc.   is  based.    Those
foundations are part of  their  cultural heritage and they
are  unlikely   to   be  aware of  the  existence  of  the
foundations;  they cannot be seen.

     Imperfect people are likely to have low  self  esteem
and to seek ways to bolster their own self esteem.    They
are  likely  to  seek grounds in terms of which  to  think
favorably  of  themselves;   because  of  accomplishments,
achievements, being better than others, etc.  They seek to
affirm  a  system of ideals and values in terms  of  which
they will appear good to themselves and to others, perhaps
appearing  better  to themselves and  others,  than others
appear.     Thus  the game becomes a  competitive game  of
appearances;  with some set of rules in terms of which the
game is to be played.

     Imperfect  people  who  have  low  self  esteem   are
unlikely  to  be open and honest about their imperfections
within   a competitive  environment,    for each wants  to
look   better  than  the  other.      Thus   openness  and
honesty  are  not naturally valued,  encouraged,  or taken
for granted.   They are  not  likely to develop and affirm
a  system  of   values which  would  lead  people  to  see
through    their   dishonest  pretenses   and    deceptive
maneuvers.    Their  systems  of values are thus likely to
lack  any  focus  upon openness  and  honesty   as   being
essential  to  personal  and  communal integrity;   and it
is  this  lack which leads their systems of values  to  be
evil systems of values in which dishonesty is  taken   for
granted,    and efforts are made  to   control  dishonesty
through manipulative rules and regulations, as in the case
of manipulative legalists.

     See  preceding  and  following  essays  for   related
thoughts.

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