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The 10 Priorities (from Biggest Job)
Anonymous:
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--- Quote from: ""Guest"" ---What I have observed is in the dynamic of groups that I have been apart of Truth and Harmony are poles. Not opposite but when one is veered to it is sometimes to the detriment of the other. If I am on a team or leading a team, I need to consider the goal of the team as the context of feedback I give to my team members also the overall effect of the feedback on the individual.
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The relation that truth bears to harmony is that of means to end. Of course, here one has to be careful to distinguish between individual harmony and collective harmony, as you started to do in your football example. A team captain who nails a teammate for a slack performance values truth over individual harmony. He values truth not as an end in itself but as a means of restoring collective (team) harmony. "Truth" over individual harmony, but collective harmony over "truth."
"Truth," for the sake of collective harmony, easily degenerates into the Gauld-given right to persecute anyone who doesn't jump on the Hyde bandwagon. The label "truth" is one of Hyde's many abuses of language. Their most elevating and comforting words are only pretense and delusion! That was one of the most instructive periods of my life -- learning not to accept words at face value. It was very educating for my whole life.
--- Quote from: ""Guest"" ---So to the extent that the truth is knowable, and I believe that extent is described to a large degree by the Pragmatists, the truth is that the Truth does not always work.
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If you want to talk about Truth with a capital T and shed some light on Hyde, you might look into utilitarianism. Utilitarianism's highest imperative is that one do what is best for society. It was originated by Jeremy Bentham in the nineteenth century. Bentham's conception of utilitarianism is now called "act rationality." Young Raskolnikov in Crime and Punishment killed the old moneylender because she was a bane on society, and because her money could be put to better social uses. Raskolnikov was a Benthamite. But no one wants a philosophy that sanctions murder. So John Stuart Mill came up with "rule rationality." There might be something in utilitarianism that is of relevance to Hyde.
Spok
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Thanks I will do some pursuing on utilitarianism as part of my hobby as an amateur epistemologist
"Damn it Jim! I'm a doctor not a epistimologist!"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_McCoy
Ursus:
Okay, the third one's another INSPIRING gem... I have some issues with this one, having been at the short end of this stick more than one too many times, ha ha haaa...
I prefer to call it "the tyranny of the mediocre over the genius of the few." As far as the Attitude Adjusters Society is concerned, you can have a good attitude or you may or may not have good aptitude, but you can not excel at both.
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Priority #3
Attitude Over Aptitude
Our current educational system is preoccupied with innate talent, thus we set up a "pecking order" as well as debilitating morale among our young people. When we ask high school students, "Are there kids at your school who do little or no work, but make the honor roll?" the answer is always a resounding "yes." It should not come as a surprise that many of our students are more preoccupied with reaching the top, rather than how to reach their best with integrity. Others may choose to "opt out" and sabotage their own educations. If our schools and communities valued attitude over aptitude, effort over ability and character over talent, we might see a decrease in lying, cheating, and stealing. We definitely would all be better off. We might even develop positive aptitudes over the long term.
Anonymous:
--- Quote from: ""Ursus"" ---Priority #3
http://fornits.com/wwf/viewtopic.php?t=17713&start=21
and on Joe's pandering to the vast market for low achievers compared to the market for high achievers in:
http://fornits.com/wwf/viewtopic.php?t= ... c&start=16
There is something evil and vicious in the Gaulds' above portrait of the smart kid. He doesn't work for his good grades. He lacks character. He is responsible for the nation's high dropout rates. He corrupts youth, causing them to lie, cheat, and steal (!). His very presence in the classroom is demoralizing to others. How familiar it all sounds. How Mein Kampf. No wonder I felt like the Prince of the New Pharisees.
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Anonymous:
--- Quote from: ""Guest"" ---There is something evil and vicious in the Gaulds' above portrait of the smart kid.
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... in the Gaulds' vilification of the smart kid. Vilification is the word I was looking for.
Anonymous:
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