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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank

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To: one_less who wrote (75042)9/18/2003 5:56:43 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
Sorry but that is a tangent.

I don't think so, Jewel, I think it's key to the whole thing.

We have two possibilities.

One is that our therapist's conscience is in line with the standard prescribed by the AMTA regarding what sexual misconduct means. In that case, he is part of the mainstream so what he is doing is not standing up against the mainstream on principle at all because there is no ethical conflict between the two.

The other is that the therapist is,indeed, exerting his freedom of conscience and standing against the establishment on principle. For him to be doing that, he would have to have a different standard of conduct from theirs.

You can't have it both ways. If you assert he is standing on principle, then he must be in conflict with the establishment standard. And if there's a conflict in the standard and he wants to adhere to his the standard his conscience sets for him, then he had better be able to explain his basis.

So, once again, where is the harm in failing to meet his standard as opposed to the AMTA standard? I still need to fill in what comes after the "because..."
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