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%POSSIBLE BEING OBJECTIVE UNBIASED HONEST INTEGRITY+941214
   %PERSONAL COMMUNAL COHERENCE ARBITRARY PREJUDICE+941214
  %DUE PROCESS CAPRICIOUS COLLUSION ADDICT CODEPEND+941214
 %BALANCE FANATIC FUNDAMENTAL ENTHUSIASM CONVICTION+941214
     %BELIEF REFLECT RESPONSIVE CONFLICT RESOLUTION+941214
       %IDEALS VALUES PRINCIPLES IMPORTANT PRIORITY 941214

     We can be objective when we can be detached, able "to
separate  absolutely the observer from the observed and to
gain   a   perspective  which  is  both   omnipotent   and
omnipresent---an authoritative perspective which therefore
transcends all  parochial  assumptions and biases."   (The
quote  is from the University of  Chicago announcement  of
a Midwest  Faculty   Seminar   on  Critiquing Objectivity,
held January 12 - 14, 1995.)

     We can  be objective about specific objects, only  to
the extent that  we are indifferent about their  integrity
and their personal significant to us and our  dear ones as
unique persons.

     We  can be objective about ideals and values, only to
the  extent that we are  indifferent  to  the  ideals  and
values,  and indifferent to the people who  embody  and/or
oppose the ideals and values.

     We  can  be  objective about mistakes,  only  to  the
extent  that we do not care about the people who made  the
mistakes and about the nature of the mistakes.

     We  can  be  objective  about  the  achievements  and
failures  of  our students, only to the extent that we are
indifferent to them as people and indifferent to how  well
we   have   helped  them  to  transcend   their   learning
difficulties.

     We can  be  objective about tragedies,  only  to  the
extent that we are indifferent  to the people, ideals  and
values which have led the people into the tragedies.

     We  can be objective about our environment,  only  to
the extent  that we do not care about our dependence  upon
our environment for our own survival.

     We  can  be  objective  about  the  objects  of   our
objectivity,  only to the extent that we  are  willing  to
analyze,  predict and control them to make them conform to
our  intentions and will---regardless of the  consequences
to us.

     We can  be objective, only to the extent that we  are
indifferent about the objects of our objectivity.

     We  cannot  be objective about ourselves,  because we
cannot detach from ourselves.

     We  cannot  be  objective  about  those  nearest  and
dearest to us,  while they are nearest and dearest to  us;
be  they parents,  lover,  spouse,  children,   relatives,
friends, etc.

     We  cannot  be  objective about  those  people  whose
integrity we respect,   admire and honor;  or about  their
ideals,   values,  decisions,  actions,  achievements  and
tragedies.

     We  cannot be objective about our creations which  we
are proud  of,  or about our creations  which  turned  out
tragically.

     We cannot be objective about how well we fulfill  our
ideals and values;  e.g.,  about how successful we are  in
being objective.

     When  people  claim in any way that  they  are  being
objective, we will be wise to reflect upon their claim and
seek to see clearly and  honestly whom they are deceiving,
if they are not being truly objective.

     Objectivity  is  often  only an appearance  which  is
achieved at the expense of honesty and integrity.

     Appearances  of  objectivity do  not  merit  respect,
honor  or support if they are achieved at the  expense  of
honesty and integrity.

     When objectivity merits respect, honor and/or support
the grounds for such merit is not essentially  detachment.
The  grounds for such merit have much to do with  honesty,
integrity,   justice,  balance,  conflict resolution,  due
process,   mutuality  and  being  personally  present   in
reliable ways---all of which  lead  to cooperation, mutual
appreciation and respect.

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