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%CLARIFY ESSENTIAL FOUNDATIONS COMMUNAL INTEGRITY 050305 %COMPLEMENTARY OVERLAP SETS MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE EVIL 050305 %IDENTICAL INTERDEPENDENT INTERSECTION DISTINGUISH 050305 %DESCRIBE DISCERN REVEAL SYSTEMS ANALYSIS META GOOD 050305 %INDIVIDUALISTIC PERSONAL ADVANTAGE GAIN CONTROL IT 050305 %BUBER THOU INTIMATE SEX FRIEND NEIGHBOR GOD LOVERS 050305 The Essential-Foundations of Communal-Integrity are closely-related to the Essential-Foundations of Personal- Integrity --- but they Are-Not-Identical. They Are-Inter- Dependent AND Over-Lapping. Individualists may affirm SoMe of the Essential- Foundations for Communal-Integrity; but they are not lIkElY to affirm aLl of the Essential-Foundations for Communal-Integrity. Community-Builders may affirm sOmE of the Essential- Foundations for Personal-Integrity; but they are not LiKeLy to affirm AlL of the Essential-Foundations for Personal-Integrity. PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP P cccpCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC P Essential foundations c p C P for PERSONAL c p C P Integrity c p Essential foundations C P c p for COMMUNAL C PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPpppp Integrity C C C C C C C CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Inside the box of "P" are the Essential Foundations for PERSONAL Integrity. Inside the box of "C" are the Essential Foundations for COMMUNAL Integrity. There are some Essential Foundations which are inside both boxes. Perhaps the OvErLaP area should be larger than either individual box; rather than smaller than either individual box. WhO kNowS yEt? whO kNoWs WhIcH bOx is/should-be bigger? The point we need to internalize, is that the two boxes have a significant overlap area which represents the essential foundations for BoTh PeRsOnAl AnD cOmMuNaL kInDs oF InTeGrItY. What if the Essential-Foundations for Personal- Integrity were identical to the Essential-Foundations for Communal-Integrity; and vice-versa? Were that so --- USA- Western-Individualistic-Capitalists would have agreed with USSR-Communal-Communists on all issues about economics, wealth-distribution, power-distribution, and distributive-justice! The two kinds of EsSeNtIaL fOuNdAtIoNs seem NOT to be IdEnTiCaL! LiViNg-ToGeThEr seems to be more complicated than many people wish it were. We seem to have to co-operate to sort out what are the essential foundations for lIvInG-tOgEtHeR. HoW aRe We To GeT sTaRtEd On WhAt Is EsSeNtIaL tO oUr SuRvIvAl ToGetHer within God's Finite-Space-Ship-Earth? We can start by listing some impressions of which are the Essential-Foundations for Communal-Integrity, and which are the Essential-Foundations for Personal- Integrity. Generosity Wealth-Accumulations Cooperation Self-Reliance Collaboration Individual-Responsibility Communal-Responsibility Individual-Inventions Traditions Spontaneity Formal-Procedures Personal-Freedoms Communal-Rituals Independence-Rights Communal-Rights Personal-Rights Law-and-Order Personal-Ownership-Rights Communal-Controls Individualistic-Controls Mutual-Respect Getting-Our-Own-Way Openness-and-Honesty Privacy-Rights Reconciliation-Duties Self-Sufficiency Peace-Making-Duties Domination-Rights Integration-Duties Success-Reward-Rights Working-Together-Duties Go-it-alone-Rights Conformity-Duties Non-Conformity-Rights Majority-Rights Minority-Rights Majority-Rule Speak-Truth-To-Power Distributions-of-Wealth Concentrations-of-Wealth Distributions-of-Power Concentrations-of-Power Coalitions Individualistic-Terrorists Constructions-of-Power Individualistic-Destroyers Oppressive-Powers Revolutionary-Powers Absolute-Truth Complementary-Partial-Truths It is possible to list realities which are fairly clearly threats to both Personal-Integrity and Communal- Integrity --- most of which are vices and are on occasion justified as Essential-Means-To-Good-Ends; i.e., Redemptive-Means. It is rarely clear who is redeemed and who is reconciled by the use of the following diverse "Redemptive-Means." Dishonesty Personal-Violence Imbalance Extremism Terrorism Terrorists'-Actions Disease Injuries Attacks Negativism Contentiousness Dichotomizations Polarizations Exclusivity Confusion Decay Destruction Tacit-Threats Overt-Threats Fulfilling-Threats Bombs Nuclear-War Guns Denigrations Excommunications Banishments Intolerance-of-Diversity Demands-for-Conformity Demands-for-Strict-Order Demands-for-Perfection Demands-for-Purity Demands-for-Personal-Loyalty Preoccupations-with-Wealth/Power Preoccupations-with-Winning Preoccupations-with-Controls Preoccupations-with-Defeating Insensitivity-to-Others'-Suffering Indifference-to-Others'-Suffering Intentional-Cruelty Masochistic-Tendencies Depressions/Addictions/Fatalism Paranoia-and-Unfounded-Fears Narcissism Egocentricity Megalomania Preoccupations-with-Absolutes Hopelessness/Defeatism/Cynicism We need to be clear about what are the Tragic-Vices which are on occasion defended by respected people --- as being essential-means to-the-achievement of compensatory- goods which are sufficiently-virtuous to compensate for the advantages bestowed upon those who unilaterally- decided to use the Vicious-Means. Can such abuse be defended in coherent ways that merit true respect, honor, support, and reverence --- because of how overall such use promotes both Personal-Integrity AND Communal-Integrity within God's Finite-Space-Ship-Earth? (c) 2004 by Paul A. Smith in "Search for Honesty and Integrity" (On Being Yourself Whole and Healthy) ==========================================================