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     It  is important to have clear criteria in  terms  of
which  to assess which professional groups and specialists
merit  respect and general public support.  In the absence
of  clear  criteria which are  regularly  re-evaluated  in
terms  of our collective experiences---we are likely to be
mislead  by narrowly defined professional groups and  sets
of specialists.

     Professional groups,  and groups of specialists,  are
worthy  of respect and general public support only to  the
extent that they:

     1.  As  a group  genuinely  promote both personal and
communal honesty and integrity.

     2.  Deliberately design their educational programs so
that  over  a number of  decades  the evolution  of  their
educational programs, and of their profession,  and of the
vast majority of  their specialists---is toward  increased
personal and communal honesty and integrity.

     3.  Openly and  explicitly  deal with  the  reflexive
threats which  narrow specialization,  collusive games  of
mutual self deception, organizational/personal addictions,
and  human  alienation pose to them  achieving  the  above
goals.

     4.  Base  their  collective sense of self-respect and
pride  upon  the  behavior  of the vast  majority  of  the
members  of  the  profession or specialty group,  who  are
"average"   and  near the median;  rather  than  upon  the
behavior  of  a relatively few  people  who are held up as
exceptionally worthy of respect and support.

     5.  Promote  inclusivity  as a goal,  in  contrast to
exclusivity; and so promote respect for sharing knowledge,
talents,  and skills---rather than promote respect for the
concentration  of  knowledge,   talents and skills  in  an
exclusive    club   of   exceptional   professionals   and
specialists.

     6.  Overtly and  explicitly  encourage all people  to
view  the contributions of the members of their profession
and speciality to the integrity of their  communities---in
terms of broad ideals and values;  rather than in terms of
narrowly defined  ideals and values which are self serving
to the profession/specialty and its members.

     7.  Promote   balanced  family  life  styles  of  the
members of  their professions and  specialties;   and  the
prudent  involvement of all people in working  to  promote
and maintain community health in its broadest senses.

     8.  Encourage   professionals   and  specialists   to
interact  frequently and widely  across  boundaries  which
separate and alienate people from each other.

     9.  Encourage   realistic   long-range-planning   and
corporate  procedures  for  setting priorities, budgeting,
and the honest  allocation  of  scarce  resources  through
fully democratic processes.

     10.  Work honestly  to transcend  the limitations  of
their  own  paradigm,  ideals,  values,  traditions,   and
taboos.
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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