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This is http://www.essayz.com/a8607173.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.} ========================================================== %INTEGRATIVE TRANSCENDENT VALUES 860717 The diversity of views regarding what constitutes acceptable sexual behavior clearly indicates that we humans have a problem agreeing upon transcendent values. Some people try to live in terms of a set of "do" and "don't" rules. They tend to be more successful in passing judgment and excommunicating people than in promoting personal and communal integrity. Other people tend to believe that the less rules the better. Where their views prevail disorderly conduct often undermines much of what people value in their community and what gives a community its sense of coherence disintegrates. There are those people who call upon all to love one another. But there is not much clarity regarding just what love means in practice: feel good towards, do good deeds to, take care of, be generous towards, always forgive? Often people believe that others should not act in ways which are emotionally unsettling. Where their views prevail creative expression and work is inhibited. In the United States the Congress may pass no law respecting religion. Laws shall not deal with religious practice as such. Religious enthusiasts seek to use laws to promote their religious beliefs, practices and inhibitions. It is tempting for a dominant religious group to use the force of law to coerce citizens into conforming to life styles prescribed by their religious faith. This is especially so in the absence of clarity about and agreement upon transcendent values which transcend religious differences. If we could agree upon such values we might somewhat reduce the damages due to the conflicting conceptions of what constitutes acceptable sexual behavior. (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy) ==========================================================