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%DEFENSIBLE RATIONALIZATION BEHAVIOR PRIORITY GOD 990729
People have defended virtually all kinds of human
behavior with a large variety of "facts" and "reasons".
In this sense virtually all kinds of human behavior are
"defensible"; i.e., people have been able to come up with
defenses for all kinds of human behaviors. This fact is
not evidence that all kinds of human behavior can
reasonably be regarded as prudent, wise, or worthy of
respect --- in comparison to other options which might
have been chosen in the given circumstances.
It is more helpful to consider a spectrum of
alternative possible behaviors --- than to ask if each
isolated behavior is/was defensible.
It is more helpful to consider and talk about
spectrums of possibilities --- than to ask either/or
dichotomous questions about controversial behaviors.
It is more helpful to compare the actual/likely
levels/kinds of integration/disintegration among
alternative behaviors --- than to debate either/or
judgments regarding good/evil, right/wrong, and other
dichotomous assertions.
It is more helpful to work to promote both personal
and communal integrity --- than to work to correctly sort
people to in two groups, good-people and evil-people ---
including including people into good-sorters and evil-
sorters.
Which people are more worthy of our respect and
support:
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Those CONFORMAL people who are trying to qualify for
list of prescriptions, commandments and laws; avoiding all
appearances of violating proscriptions and prohibitions.
being classified as "good" because they CONFORM to some
or
Those CREATIVE people who are seeking to promote and
facilitate personal and communal integrity in CREATIVE new
ways motivated by Love?
_________
Those HUMBLE people who give little thought to who is
good and who is evil --- as they go about their efforts to
promote and facilitate open and honest dialogue through
free gifts of the freedom to be safely vulnerable.
or
Those ARROGANT and SELF-RIGHTEOUS people who give
much thought to issues of control, good/evil, right/wrong,
best/worst, appearances, and justification.
_________
Much depends upon how we focus our lives and the
lives of our neighbors. We need to consider our realistic
alternatives and to set our priorities so that we focus
our lives in ways which best promote personal and communal
integrity --- compared to the many other alternatives
which are open to us in our particular circumstances.
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