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Discerning Dual Morality From Monomorality
Many people fail to recognize dual morality for what it is. After all, for thousands of years to the present, many public policies have incorporated the dual morality model. While it is a tribal form of justice that arose in the early stages of modern civilization, (codified about 1,700 years ago in the Code of Hammurabi) it was nonetheless an improvement over what had preceded it in that it at least required proportionality when vengeance was sought. Many equate it with justice, even while recognizing that it continually fails to achieve peace, security, healing or restoration.
How can you tell the difference between dual morality and monomorality? Ask, is what we are doing to (or for) others what we would want them to do to us? Before adopting a policy ask, is this a policy we want everyone to adopt? Is this something that would be good if it exists everywhere? If the answer is yes, then it is probable that you are applying monomorality to the issue or situation. You can also tell by the result. The result of monomorality is far more likely to lead to peace and security.
In dual morality, each party only considers part of the whole as valid or worthy—the part that serves the interest (as then understood) of the one taking the action. In dual morality, you cannot look at the whole, for to do so would reveal its hypocrisy and weaknesses. For those who have much invested in dual morality, their interest is in guarding against consideration of the whole.
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