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An integral approach acknowledges that all views have a degree of truth, but some views are more true than others, more evolved, more developed, more adequate. And so let's get that part out of the way right now: homophobia in any form, as far as I can tell, stems from a lower level of human development - but it is a level, it exists, and one has to make room in one's awareness for those lower levels as well, just as one has to include third grade in any school curriculum. Just don't, you know, put those people in charge of anything important.

Ken Wilber#43

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About this quote

What does it mean?
An integral approach accepts all views but ranks them by development, placing homophobia at a lower level.
In plain terms
Some views are more developed than others, and prejudice is less so.
What can you take from it?
Include all people but not all ideas in leadership.

Where it applies

  • policy making
  • community leadership
  • ethical debate

Putting it to work

  • include everyone
  • evaluate ideas by impact

Questions to consider

  • How do you judge a view's maturity?
  • Can you include a harmful view?

Another view

Ranking views by 'development' can seem paternalistic.

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