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%BEST IDEAL VALUE PRINCIPLE RULE LAW CONSTRAINT SIN 950621

     There  are  many ways in which people relate  to  the
best ideals, values, principles, rules, laws, constraints,
disciplines,  etc. with which they are familiar.  Each way
of relating has characteristic consequences---and we  will
do well to be aware of, name, describe, and talk about the
characteristic consequences of each way.

     1.  Some  people clutch to some presumably static and
ultimate definition of what is good behavior, and what  is
bad  behavior---and pride themselves in how good they  are
in passing judgements and executing condemnations in terms
of  what  they  clutch to.   They may clutch  to  favorite
passages  of  scriptures,   laws,   rules,    regulations,
prohibitions,    taboos,    etc.     The    characteristic
consequences are evil because they are alienative and lead
to personal and communal disintegration.   Such people are
often  called "fundamentalists"  because they  focus  upon
what they regard as the fundamentals of their faith.

     2.  Some  people  emphasize the situations  in  which
people find themselves and seek to discern what is best to
do  and  how  best to respond to what other people  do  in
terms of the situation;  the context for possible behavior
and  response.   They make no rules absolute and  talk  in
terms  of situation ethics.   They are relatively tolerant
of   others   and  are  not  usually  prone  to   generate
alienation.

     3.  Some  people study the spectrum of ways in  which
people  seek  to make decisions and guide  their  actions;
focusing their attention upon offering descriptions of the
full  spectrum  of  ways and what follows  for  those  who
emphasize different ways.

     4.  Some people seek to recognize, name, describe and
talk  about  the conflicts which are inherent  within  and
between different ways of defining what is appropriate and
helpful behavior on the one hand,  and what is  personally
and communally disintegrative on the other hand---and then
seek to resolve such conflicts.

     5.  Some people seek to work to resolve the conflicts
between  the people who internalize conflicting ideals and
values---and  seek to promote the evolution of ideals  and
values which will promote a minimum of conflicts,  because
they are themselves coherent and integrative.

     6.  Some  people seek to describe the process of  the
evolution of ideals and values which promote personal  and
communal integrity.

     7.  Some  people seek to describe the history of  the
battles   between  peoples  who  are  dedicated   to   the
conflicting ideals and  values which promote  personal and
communal conflicts, battles, wars and destruction.

     8.  Some people  seek  to  trace  the origins through
evolutionary history of the patterns of conflicts  between
species,  and between members of  the  same  species---for
example  with  a  particular  emphasis  upon   territorial
definitions and defenses.

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