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%CONFORMITY ESSENCE VIRTUE VICE COMPLEMENTARY RIGHT 040716
 %ESSENTIAL FOUNDATION CONTENT ACCEPT REJECT CLIQUE 040716
%COOPERATE COLABORATE BALANCE MUTUAL GRACIOUS KINDS 040716
%WORLD ASTRONOMICAL COSMIC VIEW PARADIGM DISCIPLINE 040716

    Conformity  is not the essence of virtue.   There  are
many  mutually complementary virtues.    Conformity is not
an outstanding virtue.

    No  one  virtue  is the essence of  virtue.    In  the
absence  of  many essential virtues,  there  is  not  much
virtue.

    It  is  not  virtuous to contend about which  are  the
essential virtues, to say which virtues are "in" and which
virtues are "out".

    It is virtuous to work cooperatively to integrate many
mutually complementary virtues in ways which are balanced,
mutual, gracious, patient, kind, healing, civil, etc.

    It  is  not virtuous to contend over who has done  the
best job of integrating virtues in an especially  virtuous
way.     It is not virtuous to contend about rankings  and
levels of acceptability.

    There  are  many  world-views  regarding  virtues  and
vices;   e.g., the ancient Jewish world-view reflected  in
the   Jewish  Scriptures as used by Jews today,   the  Old
Testament world-view as used by modern  Christians,    New
Testament  world-view  as  viewed  by  modern  Christians,
the Koran's world-view as viewed by Muslims, etc.

    Other    world-views   function   among:      addicts,
codependents,    colluders,   capitalists,    Republicans,
Democrats,  businessmen, CEOs, investors, dominators,  and
true-lovers.    Below we contrast only the last two  world
views named, in terms of their virtues and vices.

    What you regard as virtues depends upon whether or not
your  are  a  "True-Lover"   or in  the  service  of  "The
Domination System".  The following is a simplified view of
a   much   more  complicated  reality  of many  contrasts.
The following points only imperfectly to some truths;  but
does  not offer a complete representation of those truths.

    True-Lovers'-Virtues          Dominators'-Virtues
         which are                     which are
    Dominators'-Vices             True-Lovers'-Vices

    Honesty                        Pretense
    Openness                       Secrecy
    Integrity                      Control
    Balance                        Extremism
    Coherence                      Slavish-conformity
    Tolerance                      Slavish-obedience
    Reconciliation                 Winning-oppressively
    Generosity                     Property-Management
    Hospitality                    Enemy-management
    Civility                       Contentiousness
    Integration                    Purification
    Humility                       Certainty
    Grace                          Assertiveness
    Intimacy                       Invulnerability
    Personal-service               Personal-advancement
    Communal-service               Communal-domination

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