This is http://www.essayz.com/b0804180.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.} ========================================================== Click on WELCOME for a quick tour of essayz.com ========================================================== %WELL INFORMED CONSENSUSES ABOUT ESSENTIAL VIRTUES 080418 %ALIENATIVE VICES RISKY PREOCCUPATIONS TRUST ALONE 080418 %ISOLATED ALIENATED EXCOMMUNICATED IGNORED NEGLECTS 080418 %ESSENTIAL ASPECTS PERSONAL COMMUNAL INTEGRATIONS 080418 %CLUSTERS UNIQUE COMBINATIONS PERMUTATIONS CREATE 080418 %TRUE LOVERS BEING TOGETHER SHALOM GRACIOUS WAYS GO 080418 Personal-and-Communal Integrations-and-Integrities --- in the Long-Term --- depend critically upon Individuals-and- Communities developing Well-Informed-Consensuses ABOUT: 1. Which virtues are reasonably Safe-to-Trust-Alone; as Essential-Virtues --- Without-the-Safeguards of Affirming- Mutually-Complementary other Mutually-Protective-Virtues in parallel with each virtue. 2. Our needing to recognize that some Risky-Virtues such as: Patriotism, Loyalty, Pride, Certainty, Self- Confidence, Assertiveness, Forcefulness, Courage, and Endurance --- need to be Moderated by Mutually- Complementary other Protective-Virtues such as: Humility, Balance, Hospitality, Generosity, Cooperation, Collaboration, Patience, etc. --- which must be chosen- contextually in light of the risks of each particular Risky-Virtue within particular contexts. No One-Isolated- Set of a few Protective-Virtues can be trusted to Adequately-Protect against all Risky-Virtues'-Various- Dangers --- within all possible contexts. 3. How for each Risky-Virtue there may be Some- Particular other Mutually-Complementary Protective- Virtues which are Especially-Essential for Parallel- Affirmations and Parallel-Demonstrations --- along with the particular Risky-Virtue. It may be Absolutely- Essential to Agree-by-Consensus upon such Essential- Pairings and Parallel Affirmations/Demonstrations --- to assure that Risky-Virtues are not Idolized and Worshipped In-Isolation as being GOD-HERSELF/HIMSELF. 4. How it is that the NEEDED: Essential-Virtues, Clusters-of-Virtues and Mutually-Complementary-Virtues --- WHICH-ARE-MOST-IMPORTANT --- WILL DEPEND-MOST- CRITICALLY upon Special-Considerations --- Given the Particular-Challenges to OVERALL-INTEGRITY which are Present-Within Each-DIFFERENT/UNIQUE: a. Situation, Context, Circumstance, Challenge; of b. Alienation, Excommunication, Isolation; within c. Communal/Reflexive: Dilemmas, Conflicts, Contests d. Relationships, Intimacies, Misunderstandings, e. Polarization, Dichotomy, Paradox, Idolatry, etc. 5. How it is Tragically-Risky to Over-Simplify the Complexities pointed to by these Complex-Considerations. 6. Terrifying-Tragedies that are often rooted in: (a) Over-Simplifications of Such-Complexities, (b) Playing of Collusive-Games of Mutual-Self- Deception --- with all participants losing, (c) Mutual-Rejection/Excommunications/Alienations -- by Domineering-Bullies in the absence of Affirmations-Demonstrations of Mutually- Complementary-Virtues --- and Mutually- Protective-Virtues Like-Mutuality in Affirming and Demonstrating: Love Sensitivity Empathy Sympathy Generosity Kindness Listening Openness Transparency Honesty Dialogue Each-and-Every-Day as Protective-Virtues. (d) The masking of Clusters-of-Alienative-Vices by misrepresentations of Clusters-of-Reconciling- Virtues. (e) The masking of ALIENATIVE-REALITIES by PSEUDO- REALITIES that are created by Domineering- Bullies to serve as such masks --- to make strangers, foreigners, different-people, appear to be Essentially-Evil-Persons In-Isolation. 7. How-and-Why Domineering-Bullies Must-Resist-Violently Each-of-the-above-Elements AND RESIST Each-And-Every Way- of-Combining-Them in Effective-Clusters-of-Virtues which will NON-VIOLENTLY resist each and every Alienative- Behavior of Domineering-Bullies. 8. How-and-Why Domineering-Bullies MUST-RESIST-VIOLENTLY Each Gracious-and-True Mature-Lover who Dares-to-Resist Domineering-Bullies and their Alienative-Powers-That-Be by Being-in-Shalom's-Gracious-Ways: Honest, Authentic, Kind, Sensitive, Empathetic, Sympathetic, Hospitable, Generous, Transparent, Diplomatic, Approachable, Welcoming, Helpful, Reconciling, Forgiving, Integrators, Integrated, etc. 9. How-and-Why it is that Domineering-Bullies CANNOT-BE- RESISTED-SUCCESSFULLY by Being-Seduced into any form of COPYING Domineering-Bullies'-Own-Alienative-Ways. 10. How-and-Why it is that NO-SYSTEM of: Commandments, Prescriptions, Proscriptions, Rituals, Doctrines, Taboos, Demands, Punishments, Rejections, Projections, Violence, Controls, Management or Excommunications -- is helpful in responding to Domineering-Bullies' Alienative-Behaviors. Be-Together in the Many-Gracious Ways of Shalom. (c) 2008 by Paul A. Smith in "Search for Honesty and Integrity" (On Being Yourself Whole and Healthy) ========================================================== Click on WELCOME for a quick tour of essayz.com ==========================================================