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 %OBJECTIVE IDEAL VALUE AFFIRM FOCUS EXCLUSIVE LEAD 921022

     The  more  we become focused upon being objective  in
all  of our actions,  the less able we are to be open  and
honest  in  affirming our ideals and values.  This  is  so
because we cannot be objective in affirming our ideals and
values---even if we want to affirm the importance of being
objective.    All   ideals  and  values  are   essentially
reflexive; i.e.,  are essentially non-objective in nature.
Thus  all  affirmations  of  ideals  and  values  (whether
through   statements   or  behaviors)    are   essentially
reflexive.    If   we   are  compulsively   dedicated   to
objectivity, we must pretend to be objective at all times;
even at times when we are affirming our ideals and values.
Thus  we are lead into dishonest and  collusive  attitudes
and patterns of behavior.

     Professors   who   have  been   trained   to   engage
intensively  in objective research within graduate  school
research  programs are people who  cannot honestly  affirm
their  ideals  and  values  to  the  next  generation   of
professors---because  they  are  not  free  to  be  openly
reflexive (non-objective)  in their affirmations  of their
ideals and values.  They dishonestly pretend that they are
being objective while they are making  affirmations of the
importance  of objectivity.  They are not openly reflexive
on such occasions,  and they do not  invite their students
to be honestly and openly  reflexive  in critical dialogue
regarding   reflexive affirmations made through statements
and   behaviors.    Their  students  are   encouraged   to
participate in collusive  games  of mutual self  deception
regarding   the  possibilities  and   impossibilities   of
objective attitudes and behaviors.

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