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THE FALLACY

The Fallacy The fallacy in behavior is this: The natural instinct to do right is superseded by a feeling or attitude of being right. Righteousness swamps right.
Right & Wrong Being righteous feels "right." But, if the attitude or feeling is based on some kind of exclusion, it might be based on error, and could be invalid. If not invalid, at least questionable when considered in terms of "the highest and best good."
If determined to be right, no matter what, that belief can be supported by fallacious proofs; fallacious proofs breed false principles; false principles create convenient truths; convenient truths can deny reality, needing prejudicial attitudes to support weak arguments. Ironically, weak arguments depend on the same logic that supports the mechanics of good arguments! Wrong or righteous is supported by the same logical skill as right.
The desire to do right opens the mind to honest proof; honest proof breeds solid principles; solid principles promote truth—and the perception of a truth is a revelation—a revelation supported by valid arguments.
Choice Choice is always available, and not always used. The Process shows that many perceptions are limited, encouraging fallacious thinking. Therefore, the choice between foolish or wise, delusion or perception, false or true, or shades of "gray," determine outcomes.
For consistent behaviorial choice, results are the same when the same choice is made each time. From this consistency springs this chancy advice: Choose the same, but hope that things will turn out differently this time. Not likely.
Choice based on falsity has a negative effect. These negative effects, though temporarily detrimental, ultimately prove meaningless. Faith in a belief or idea has effects based on that belief. But if that faith is in error, what do its effects really mean? Faith itself is a behavior based on a desire for meaning, but it defines meaning according to that faith. Then the urge to be right looks like the instinct to do right. Pretending to be what it is not banishes reality.
The research of Viktor E. Frankl, a psychiatrist who survived the WWII concentration camps, said that "the will to meaning in most people is fact, not faith." Facts matter, but may be distorted by the attitude in which those "facts" are perceived.  Perception based on belief without proof may be based on distorted knowledge. Belief determines faith. Faith is admirable, but false faith is misplaced. Faith in reality is preferable to false wishful (wistful?) faith. Meaning depends on reality, not fancy, and leans on faith in truth. The will to meaning not only is a fact—meaningful is based on fact.
Continuing, Frankl wrote: "It is not what happens, it is the attitude adopted toward what happens." He experienced powerful negative stimuli, yet maintained a positive attitude, demonstrating that true choice exists, is meaningful and warrants faith. False facts, mistaken perceptions, and fallacious choices do not warrant faith. All of which is easier said than done.
Error Despite good intentions, choices based on fallacy invite error. In the Process (Link below), choices have errors characteristic to the choice. Besides, the choice and its vulnerability to error are not always clear.  It is advantageous to be aware of the potential for error, because knowing it provides an opportunity to decide beneficially.
The Process coaches open minds, not error. When the mind is deluded or misled, one error may build upon another, and make reality hard to discern. Then, the Process is not productive, but destructive. Outcomes depend on intent, then upon choice.
Poor choice makes the Process fallacious. Good choice increases its value.
Errors combined create compound errors. Click here to see Willful or Mindful Error Behavior.

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