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Constraint and the Common Good
The Common Good Cynthia Bourgeault The Common Good Cynthia Bourgeault

Constraint and the Common Good

From everything I’ve said so far about flow systems and keeping the infrastructure rolling, you may get the idea that any form of constraint is an intrinsic obstacle to the common good. And yes, this proposition has been periodically aired both politically and economically and has its diehard libertarian advocates.

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Reimagine the Common Good: The Common Good as Good, Part 2
The Common Good Cynthia Bourgeault The Common Good Cynthia Bourgeault

Reimagine the Common Good: The Common Good as Good, Part 2

The second take-away from this more “thermodynamic” approach to the common good (again an easier stretch if you’ve already worked with Eye of the Heart) is that since we are fundamentally dealing with subtle energetic substances here (not abstract moral qualities), increasing that overall quantum of wellness can happen at either end of the stick …

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Autopoiesis: A Continuing Blog Series on the Common Good
The Common Good Cynthia Bourgeault The Common Good Cynthia Bourgeault

Autopoiesis: A Continuing Blog Series on the Common Good

The second major shift as we approach the question of the common good through the Integral structure of consciousness is, I believe, that we will increasingly understand it as an emergent property of a self-specifying system—or in other words, not as an externally imposed template of “right conduct,” but as innate “inner knowingness” that emerges within a living system that has achieved the capacity for autopoiesis, or internal self-regulation.

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