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 %ABUSE GUIDE MORAL CODE ETHICS ADVICE CONTROL FEEL 930405

     There are many bits of good guidance,  advice,  moral
codes,  systems  of  ethics and the like which  have  been
abused  and rendered impotent by addictive people  who are
prone to  make  alienative judgements;  to condemn  and to
excommunicate people  who  fail  to conform  in  what  are
regarded  as  proper  ways.  The good advice  is  rendered
impotent  through  abuse of it by addictive people who use
it  as  the  means  to the knowledge  of  good  and  evil;
guiding how to judge  who  is  good and who is evil,   who
is  worthy  of acceptance and who is worthy of rejection.

     When  people  who are dedicated to both  personal and
communal integrity  see the consequences  of  using  moral
codes as tools in making alienative judgements, they often
lose  respect   for   the  moral  codes  and  the  prudent
guidance  which the  codes  have to offer.   The wisdom of
the   people  who developed the codes as helpful guides is
lost,     because  of  the   abuse   of   the  codes    by
judgmental  self-righteous people who have willfully eaten
of  the fruit of the  tree of  the  knowledge of good  and
evil in the middle  of  the garden of eden.

     How are we to distinguish between the consequences of
the alienative  behavior  of  judgmental  people,  and the
consequences  of  articulating  guidelines  for   personal
behavior?   We  need  to  encourage  people  who  are  not
judgmental  to articulate wise guidelines which are not as
prone to abuse as are many of the traditional  guidelines.
We need to include  in the guidelines an emphasis upon the
importance of promoting in balanced ways both personal and
communal    integrity---to    discourage    judgmentalism,
excommunications, condemnations and self-righteousness.

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