Cause-centred Interaction
Basics
Many assert that wealth is merely the means to some greater good. This greater good is usually specified by a doctrine (rather than a simple reason) that explains and defends a position.
Striving for some genuinely held greater good can be experienced as intrinsically beneficial, and such people build their social life accordingly. Their motto: Fight the good fight!
Their recommendations are:
- Find meaning in life
- Sacrifice for the cause
- Adopt an ideology
- Seek high standards—near-perfection
- Bring order and structure to living
- Campaign for change
- Moralize and exhort
- Control impulsivity—respond to guilt
- Obey rules, conscience, and authority
Think of individuals you know who obviously exemplify the category. In doing so, remember that it is the overall pattern that counts—not any particular interaction.
More…Review
- Are social campaigners sometimes too idealistic and too utopian?
- Does professionalism lead to experts who are too narrow and too rule-bound?
- Aren't crusaders, political or religious, too fundamentalist, intolerant and extreme?
- Does becoming a «true believer» make people too biased and one-track-minded?
The result of intense can be rather divisive. The intense conviction may lead to a neglect of those everyday needs for togetherness and helpfulness, required if community life is to be tolerable.
- Go to the next mentality: being Community-centred.
Originally posted: July 2009