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%DICHOTOMY MEANS ENDS TECHNIQUES VALUES IDEALS GOAL 921113

     It  is  dangerous to assume that  clear  distinctions
can  be made between values,  ideals,  goals,  and ends on
the one side;   and means/techniques/tools to achieve them
on  the other   side.      It   is   true   that   without
adequate  means/techniques and resources it is  impossible
to fulfill many worthy values,   ideals,   goals and ends.
It is  true that  integrative  values,  ideals,  goals and
ends    give  direction  to  the  selection  and  use   of
means/techniques. It is also true that through the process
of  learning  to value means/techniques/tools   for   what
they   make   possible,     we  often   come   to   regard
means/techniques as inherently worthy of respect,   honor,
valuing,    idealization,   celebration,   worship  and/or
idolization.

     In  any one community,  culture,  society,   time and
place it  is  often not clear when  means/techniques/tools
have become  values,   ideals,   goals and ends  which are
not subject to  critical    appraisal   as   regards   the
consequences   of celebrating  them in the community.   If
such is the  case,  care needs to be taken to examine what
is  happening  in  the  community   to  see  if  it  is  a
technocratic     community     which    is     worshipping
means/techniques/tools    through  collusive   games    of
mutual self deception regarding what  they  can provide.

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