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 %ALTERNATIVE GOOD VALUE IDEAL ACT BEST SELF ESTEEM+920803
 %INTEGRATE SCIENCE UNDERSTAND PREDICT CONTROL LOVE 920803

     We are confronted with a major challenge when we face
the  dilemmas,   problems and conflicts  inherent  in  the
situations where the  scientists'   paradigm confronts the
realities  of what is essential to personal  and  communal
integrity.

     In  the scientists'  paradigm there is much  emphasis
upon: analysis, elementary parts,  quantitative knowledge,
computations,     mathematical   languages,     controlled
experimentation,  objectivity,   manipulation, perfection,
impersonal   understanding,    prediction   and systematic
management.  The absence of or weak presence of any of one
these features is often taken to be a  sign  of inadequate
dedication to the scientists'  paradigm;  and so as a sign
of personal weakness.

     People  who are addicted to the scientists'  paradigm
are  prone  to approach personal relationships  under  the
control  of  the  scientific  paradigm's  motivations  and
guidance;  and  so are prone toward attitudes and behavior
patterns  which  often  lead  to  personal  and   communal
disintegration. There are conflicts between the ideals and
values  which are inherent in the scientists'  paradigm on
the  one  hand;   and  the ideals  and  values  which  are
essential to personal and communal integrity on the  other
hand.

     The  following are essential to personal and communal
integrity:

     1.  Participation in truly intimate personal
   relationships.

     2.  Honesty about self and other within intimate
   personal relationships.

     3.  Reflecting thoughtfully about self, other,
   others, and intimate personal relationships.

     4.  Facility with a wide range of channels of
   communication; which include, but are not
   limited to, formal languages.

     5.  Responding to dilemmas and technical problems
   in appropriately complementary ways.

     6.  A healthy balance as regards how time, energy,
   resources, attention, and creativity are used.

     7.  Listening carefully and sympathetically to people
   of a wide range of life styles and attitudes.

     8.  A profound dedication to promoting both
   personal and communal integrity.

     9.  Not trying to control what cannot be
   controlled.

     10.  Respect for all that is essentially mysterious
   and holy.

     The formal training  of young scientists often weighs
against them maintaining  balance and respect with regards
to  all  that  is  essential  to  promoting  personal  and
communal   integrity.    The  formal  training  of   young
scientists encourages an excessively and increasingly high
level   of  narrow  specialization,   at  the  expense  of
developing  a respect  for all that is essential  to  both
personal and  communal integrity.  The result is that with
the best of intentions,  scientists and  engineers who are
seeking  to be  of service to  humanity  become engaged in
tragic  endeavors  which undermine personal  and  communal
integrity;  e.g.,  the  arms  races  and the emphasis upon
technological  threats and violence  during the  twentieth
century.
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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