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The term autonomy comes from
the Greek words "autos" (self) and "nomos" (rule or law) and, when applied to
persons, refers to their decisions and actions being their own.
As
Gerald Dworkin observed in The Theory and Practice of Autonomy, autonomy
is a moral, political and social ideal and endowments of intelligence and
talent are morally arbitrary
Dworkin theorizes liberty is only liberty
to do what we wish as long as we do not infringe upon the rights of others, a
nearly impossible task.
"Dworkin uses the
classic story of Odysseus - tied to the ship mast to resist the sirens call -
to explain second-order reflection conception of autonomy.
Autonomy means that we can have
a preference about our
preferences.
It is possible for autonomy to be maintained in the
face of interference that infringes on
the voluntary
character of one's actions,
even under coercion.
As Dworkin writes, "Not every
interference with the
voluntary character of indivual action interferes with
a person's ability to choose his
mode of life."
Some loss of liberty is consistent with Dworkin's
conception of autonomy.
Consider, for example,
life-saving
medical treatment rendered without patient consent in emergency situations
(Dworkin 1988: 116)." - 'Hidden Persuaders': Defaults and Consumer
Welfare, N. Craig Smith and Daniel G. Goldstein, London Business School
Centre for Marketing, Working Paper No. 07-105, March 2007
N. Craig
Smith and Daniel G. Goldstein have
turned Dworkin upside
down.
They have used Dworkin to
justify unwanted medical
intervention.
ḜǦƠ
... EGO ...
ȩḡȫ ... ƨȅḽḟ ... Self ... ŞĔĿƑ
Ego is:
The conscious thought
stream that identifies itself as
"I".
The cyclic
dissociative rational thought patterns used to objectify reality.
A comprehensive set of
thought patterns used to interface with reality.
Enduring thought
patterns whelming up from the subconscious.
The voice that continually
interjecting conscious vocal judgements.
Freudian Psychoanalysis: the
part of the psychic
apparatus that experiences and reacts to the outside world and thus
mediates between the primitive drives
of the id and the demands of the
physical and social
environment.
ḜǦƠ is necessary for survival without which there is no
will to live.
ḜǦƠ does not
have to descend to
the level of Reptilian
thought patterns.
ḜǦƠ may,
mistakenly, build mental constructs
contrary to survival.
ḜǦƠ
will then create
imaginative conceptual justifications.
ḜǦƠ may have enough
self-knowledge
to be self-conscious and
self-aware.
A
Power Pyramid
controlled by Reptilians
exists at the Axis
Mundi.
Ignorarrogant Reptilians
fight to attain the
apex of the Power Pyramid.
Fighting for
the apex of the Power Pyramid is a favorite game of Reptilians.
Monopoly,
a highbred version of King of
the Hill, involves land rent.
Reptilian psychological
engineers, forged in the image of
George Creel,
manufactured subsuming
needs and foist them on an unwary
population.
Ego consciousness or
self-consciousness is knowing that
most human understanding of reality
is limited to firsthand
experiences.
All that
you believe you are is your self-conceptualization of your self.
Ego is conditioned by socially
ingrained information in the subconscious.
To activate the process
of psychic expansion requires
the dispersion of
socially programmed materialistic ego
structures and belief
systems.
Ego
death or dispersion
of ego structures creates
a state of
egolessness.
Dispersion of ego structures
is necessary to free oneself
from the bonds of acculturation - ie.
conditioning through
propaganda,
branding,
adverts.
Self-centeredness is an
archaic trait, rooted in
territorial animal impulses and
ignorance of reality
beyond the tribal area of experience.
It is
natural to relate to
reality through expanding circles of
interlocked
relationships - self,
mate,
family,
friends,
neighbors,
co-workers,
community,
state,
world - with
individual ego dwelling
at the center of it all.
Even today many people think of
their ethnic group as more unique,
more special than others, or
their nation as superior in
historical cultural richness, or their brand
of religion as the only
religion worth considering.
It is true that
reality seems to
expand outward from individual conscious, but it is
an illusion to see that
point of reference as the center of
the universe.
Psychological projection
is a defense mechanism in which
the human ego
defends itself against subconscious impulses by
denying the existence of such
impulses in itself while
attributing them to
others.
A
habitually person rude individual constantly accuses others of being rude.
This incorporates blame shifting
and requires the belief of being
Chosen.
Psychological
projection stems from the self-blindness of
consciousness.
Many people are
unaware of their own
negative traits, as global consumers they are
subconsciously skilled in psychological euphemism.
Misers see themselves
as stringently thrifty.
Jealous people
see themselves as being
justifiably protective.
Vain people look in the
mirror and see self-esteem and
self-assurance.
Lust and
sexual exploitation are
uninhibited sexual
adventures.
A
selfish person thinks in terms of realistically taking care of number
one.
Sanctimonious
religious people of every sect, blind to their own hypocrisy, see
themselves as holier
than the "sinners" around them.
Businessmen see themselves as
elite power holders with no
need to pay heed to the negative consequences
befalling fellow humans due to their actions.
Politicians
blind to their own shadows
project their repressed flaws
and deceits onto targets they
themsleves indentify with their graffiti.
To
withdraw projection is
to acknowledge that many attributes projected outward
onto the writhing masses belong to oneself.
381 AD In the New Testament, Jesus
warns against projection:
"Why do you look at the
stainless steel needle in your
brother's eye and pay no attention to
the plate armor in
your own eye?
How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the
needle out of your eye,' when all the
time there is a steel wall in
your own eye?
You
hypocrite, first take the molten steel out of your own
eye, and then you will see clearly to remove
the stainless steel needle from
your brother's eye."
500
Babylonian Talmud notes the
human tendency toward projection:
"Do not taunt your neighbor with
the blemish you yourself
have."
Psychological projection is seen in
personalities functioning at
a primitive level - narcissistic personality
disorder or borderline personality
disorder.
Psychological projection may consume normal people in a
political
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