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This is http://www.essayz.com/a9008121.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.} ========================================================== %COMPARISON BETTER CHOICE DECISION ACCEPT REJECT 900812 Life is full of alternatives, options and possibilities; and so is full of choices and decisions. They cannot be avoided. The quality of a person's life depends upon how they approach alternatives, options and possibilities; and upon what they base their choices and decisions. Comparisons must be made, but comparisons between what and what? Upon what basis shall comparisons be made? Upon what basis shall choices and decisions be made? Are there comparisons which are best not made, to be healthy? Are there comparisons which must be made, to be healthy? False comparisons are best not made. Comparisons of unlikes under the pretense that they are alike and worthy of comparison, are not healthy and/or helpful. Comparisons made on the basis of false assumptions are not healthy or helpful. Comparisons which lead to false conclusions are not healthy or helpful. To conclude that an object is better than a person may be a false conclusion, especially if there is a lack of clarity in regard to the question of "Better for what, or for whom?" Even if there is clarity in regards to that question, there may be violence in the conclusion because it involves considering a person primarily as a means to an end. Comparisons which involve viewing persons primarily as means to ends are disintegrative comparisons. Most comparisons involve assumptions with associated attitudes as regards what may appropriately be compared with what else. Care needs to be taken when comparisons are made between unlikes; e.g., between objects, persons, techniques, values, goals, myths, contexts, places, feelings, needs, desires, etc. It is dangerous to be victim of the assumption that unlikes may be compared as if they are alike; for such false comparisons usually lead to disintegration. Even when healthy comparisons are made, the conclusions which are drawn and the choices and decisions which follow may be unhealthy and disintegrative, especially if the approach to the making of comparisons is lead by addictive and codependent attitudes in collusive games of mutual self deception. When comparisons are motivated and lead by perfectionism, exclusivity, insecurity, defensiveness, addictive processes, over-responsibility, paternalism, fear, and related considerations; the consequences can be disintegrative, even if the comparisons are technically fair and honest and so apparently healthy. The technology of making fair comparisons may be put to disintegrative uses by unhealthy motivations and leaders. (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy) ==========================================================