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Implicit theories |
Colonial
(Mercantilist) Worldview
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Community |
The moral community
is made up of those who share in the effort to discover, conquer, exploit and dominate ‘wild” or untamed nature. |
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System |
The system consists
of various moral communities which are also engaged in this competition or
which are destined to be subdued by it.
All of this is played out in a vastly expanded natural world of plentiful
resources that are there simply for the appropriation. |
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Authority |
Authority is vested
in competing sovereignties which settle disputes by treaty, alliance or
warfare. Nothing like the authority of
power. |
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Change |
Change occurs through
the invention of new sailing techniques, manufacturing technology and willful innovation. Change is good -- and necessary – for competitive
survival of rival trading powers.
Growth for the sake of growth is good – stored as “money” . |
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Agency |
The “Lord helps those
who help themselves.” Explorers,
discoverers and innovators are valued as agents of change. |
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Time |
The focus is neither
upon the past nor the remote future, but upon the present and the immediate
future in which plans for growth, innovation and measurable expansion can be
realized. The “ |