Posted by Bartholomew (63.214.83.187) on April 30, 2002 at 20:39:21:
In Reply to: Two can be very altruistic and loving when they are healthy!!! posted by KJ Always (209.215.54.94) on April 30, 2002 at 02:18:36:
There is no such thing as a truly healthy person of any type. When someone has a type, that means that they are ruled by a particular motivation more than they are ruled by the other motivations. We English-speakers have a word for this kind of thing: "unbalanced."
Biases are bad. They make people make bad decisions. Type 1, for instance, is biased towards not considering whether the views they are championing are correct. Type 2 is biased towards seeing everything in terms of receiving love, and not considering things that are often more important. Type 3 is biased towards achieving success, with little regard for things such as morals. And so on.
A truly psychologically healthy person would weigh every motivation in making every decision, with no bias to a particular motivation.
The healthier someone is, the less bound to a type they are.
Now, what the hell are you saying about the "healthy type 2 motivation"? Are you implying that the type motivations somehow change? The type 2 motivation is receiving love, not giving it. They give love IN ORDER TO receive love. Each type consists of exactly one motivation--no more, no less.
By the way, I don't appreciate your implying that I am intellectually inobjective.