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According to the Church Of Scientology , "Ethics may be defined as the actions an individual takes on himself to ensure his continued survival across the dynamics. It is a personal thing. When one is ethical, it is something he does himself by his own choice." {Link without Title} According to Hubbard's teachings, Scientology ethics is predicated on the idea that there are degrees of ethical conduct. {Link without Title} GOOD AND EVIL The Church's official position declares: "The logic of Scientology ethics is inarguable and based upon two key concepts: good and evil", and goes on to state that "nothing is completely good, and to build anew often requires a degree of destruction" and "to appreciate what Scientology ethics is all about, it must be understood that good can be considered to be a constructive survival action". {Link without Title} Critics of the Church have compared this policy with Karl Marx 's dictum, "In order to make an omelet, it is necessary to break some eggs." STATISTICS In order to make these ethical decisions that affect others around them, Scientologists are expected to use statistical measurement to assess the "measurement of survival potential". Their official website states "with an understanding of how to compile, graph and compare statistics, the Scientologist is amply equipped to determine exactly what condition an activity is in, and thus exactly what steps he must take in order to better that condition." {Link without Title} ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITIES The Church warns against what they term "antisocial personalities", meaning those "who possess characteristics and mental attitudes that cause them to violently oppose any betterment activity or group", including the Church itself. The Church's official position states, "The importance of detecting the antisocial personality becomes eminently clear when one considers his effect on the lives of those around him", and such a person is to be designated a "Potential Trouble Source". [http://www.scientologyethics.org/page06.htm The Potential Trouble Source, or PTS, was directly linked with controversial policies advocating revenge against Scientology's enemies, including Fair Game and the concept of Suppressive Person s. (Hubbard, HCO Policy Letter of 23 December 1965) [http://www.planetkc.com/sloth/sci/sp_rules.html] Scientology's official glossary of terms lists "Suppressive Person" and "Antisocial Personality" as synonymous: suppressive person: a person who possesses a distinct set of characteristics and mental attitudes that cause him to suppress other people in his vicinity. This is the person whose behavior is calculated to be disastrous. Also called antisocial personality. {Link without Title} AUDITING AND ETHICS This concept of ethics differs from the common philosophical one because Scientologists believe Auditing already handles the traditional ethical questions. With auditing, typical ethical dilemmas supposedly lose their difficulty as one gains the ability to make ethical decisions easily, often through seeing an alternate path to which one was blind when caught inside the dilemma. This contrasts with modern research on ethical decision making, where researchers present individuals with fixed choices in moral dilemmas that become progressively more difficult. In real life, one would not be limited to the choices imposed by a research problem, and a person not overwhelmed by the issue or the choices would--according to the doctrines of Scientology's ethics--become creative enough to come up with an alternate solution. In a larger context, Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard describes the system of ethics within Scientology as a way of ensuring "the greatest good for the greatest number of Dynamics ." When the Church Of Scientology takes action against one of its member, the actions constitute Scientology Justice . |
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