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Value Systems - 1 / 12 / 2003
ethics - external
interaction between people
mutally agreed upon rules
morals - internal
your value system
everyone has one
egocentric
good / virtue
bad / vice / evil / sin
tabu
balance - the center point [seesaw]
game theory
zero sum - winners & losers
win-win
reciprocity - multiple continuing interactions
1] memory - if the last interaction caused a win repeat it else change strategy
2] generous tit-for-tat
3] tit-for-two-tats
4] tit-for-tat
philosophy
dharma - cosmic law / moral law / inescapable fate
Aristotelian
black vs white
non-Aristotelian - includes shades of gray, colors & non-colors
circular vs linear - inclusive vs exclusive
transmission of cultural values
implicit - assumptions about the basic structure of the world
explicit - laws, traditions, customs
natural law / universal ethics
absolutism
relativism vs universalism
the one & the many
pluralism / diversity
diversity of perspective
the problem with diversity is unity
unitycommonality
universality
ethnocentric
each has unique experiences
intergenerational differences
bumping
- needed for definition of self
justice / fairness
law
justice
- balance of power
inclusion & exclusion
developing ethical principles
primary requirementauthenticity
trueabstract & realconcrete
in yourself & in the world
presupposed in human action
a prerequisite in a viable future
show upwith your baggage
be willing to engage
it's okay to show updwelling
freedomoptions & choices
justice / fairness
all equalequality
equityproportional justice
adequacy
participationclaim it
attend to each other
journey together / from them to we
caring / not curing
stand with forgiveness
being open to newness while remembering
responsibilityown your share
Ethics for the Twenty First Century and Beyond [tape] - Dr Robert Terry
Satanic Panic: The Creation of a Contemporary Legend - Jeffrey S. Victor
The Satanic Scare - James T. Richardson, Joel Best, David G. Bromley [editors]
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