FAQ for Interacting with Benefit Framework

This Q&A webpage covers the most common questions, objections and misunderstandings. Click on any Q to see its Answer.

What do these mentalities do?

: How many mentalities can you have?

: What does it mean to say I «have» a mentality?

: What does it mean to say I «identify with» a mentality?

: These types are far too extreme. Isn't it possible to be powerful without being sexually depraved, to care for your children without being racist, to believe in a good cause and not be a fanatic?

: Doesn't everybody use elements of several or even all mentalities?

: If all mentalities are so valuable, why do we stick with just one or two?

: Can you adapt your mentality to the situation or the mentality of the other party?

: Does this mean that we react negatively to others based on their mentality?

: Some of the mentalities don't make sense to me: how can I deal with that?

: Yet some mentalities surely reflect a poor morality?

: Power-centred types who lie and cheat seem like crooks to me. Isn't that what they are?

: Can you ignore mentalities that you dislike?

: Why not abolish or criminalize objectionable approaches?

: How did I come to develop my one or two main mentalities?

: Can a mentality be taught?

: Does schooling or further education have a role to play?

: How do I learn about the other mentalities in the absence of a teacher?

: I think I may have changed my mentality. Does a person’s mentality change over a lifetime?

: How can I know what my mentality is at present?


Got the feel of it?
Good, then:

  • Test yourself on what words mean within the various approaches; and
  • Discover some more properties of these approaches and the people who identify with them.

Originally posted: July 2009