This is http://www.essayz.com/a9901102.htm Previous-Essay <== This-Essay ==> Following-Essay Click HERE on this line to find essays via Your-Key-Words. {Most frequent wordstarts of each essay will be put here.} ========================================================== %RESPONSE IMPERFECT PATTERN IDEAL VALUES PRINCIPLE+990110 %COMMUNAL EXPECTATION ADVANTAGE VULNERABILITY EVIL 990110 Different people respond differently to any imperfections that are present in generally accepted and respected ideals, values and principles. Opportunists of different kinds take advantage of the imperfections in contrasting ways; ways which engender respect among contrasting kinds of opportunists. Opportunists tend not be honest with each other about their various ways of taking advantage of imperfections which they see in the patterns of communal ideals, values and principles. The imperfections make various people vulnerable to criticism, ridicule, attack, black-mail, etc. Integrative people who are seeking to be peacemakers through constructive conflict resolution --- seek to deal openly and honestly with the imperfections in generally accepted patterns of communal ideals, values and principles. Such imperfections may pertain to inherent conflicts between ideals, values and/or principles; or disintegrative ways of "enforcing" the ideals, values and/or principles. The manner of enforcement may be more disintegrative than it is integrative; leading to other than the overtly intended consequences. (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy) ==========================================================