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   %REFLEXIVE MEANING SIGNIFICANCE OBJECTIVE ACTION+950119
      %COMPULSIVE EXCLUSIVE DETACHMENT MANIPULATION+950119
     %GOOD EVIL STANDARDS BEHAVIOR JUDGMENT CONDEMN 950119

     Compulsively  objective people are prone to  believe,
act  and have attitudes congruent with the idea that  what
counts  is   in  the objective motions  of  objects.    To
compulsively objective people subjective human perceptions
are   un-reliable  and  cannot  be  counted  on,   because
subjective  human perceptions  cannot  be  counted  and/or
measured   objectively.     To   such   people   reflexive
relationships   are not ultimately real.     They  believe
that    elementary    objects    such    as     electrons,
protons,    neutrons,  quarks,  etc.   are the essence  of
being, and so of all meaningful relationships.

     There  is a dilemma to objectivists.   They sometimes
become  aware that people go through the objective motions
of  acting  as  if  they  were  responding  with  positive
emotions  and interest towards the objectivists---but  the
acting  is  not convincing.   The objective behaviors  are
there---but  the behaviors do not convince the objectivist
of the authenticity  of the subjective/reflexive realities
which the objective behaviors are intended to indicate.

     Objective  behaviors  and appearances  which  do  not
honestly  indicate  subjective/reflexive  realities---lack
integrity   and   thus   are  lacking   in   meaning   and
significance.    Even compulsively objective  people  will
sometimes  recognize  that some objective  behaviors   are
not   authentic---and  yearn  for  authentic   acceptance,
affection and love.

     The essence  of  true  intimacy  which is  meaningful
cannot  be  specified  by describing prescribed  objective
behaviors.     This  is  one  of  the  many  reasons  that
prescriptive   ethics  and  moral  codes  fall  short   of
facilitating  the  development of people  and  communities
which  enjoy  both personal and communal  integrity.    In
fact,  often prescriptive systems which  try to articulate
standards  by which to judge the difference between  "good
people"  and "evil people" lead tragically to a great deal
of  human  alienation,  misunderstanding,   confusion  and
tragically  misguided attempts to perfect  humans,   their
behaviors, and their relationships.

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