Diminished Human Being - Revision history

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	<blockquote class="definition">According to [[Abraham Maslow]], the '''Diminished Human Being"		<blockquote class="definition">According to [[Abraham Maslow]], the '''Diminished Human Being''' is an individual whose “degree of humanness” is lowered—i.e., whose higher capacities and [[Human Potentials]] are lost or not yet actualized—typically because basic need frustration and insecurity narrow consciousness, motivation, and moral-developmental functioning toward short-range coping, conformity/obedience, and reduced access to Being-values and mature responsibility.

			The construct is a fusion of descriptive and normative language meant to capture observable losses in human capacities and to link personal pathology with social conditions that stunt growth. Maslow treats diminution as often reversible under “good conditions” of need gratification and humane structures.

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			Maslow's concept of the "Diminished Human Being"<ref>Maslow, Abraham H. “See No Evil, Hear No Evil: When Liberalism Fails.” In ''Future Visions: The Unpublished Papers of Abraham Maslow'', edited by Edward Hoffman. Sage Publications, 1996 p. 160.</ref> is a central Eupsychian concept. It forms the base etiological statement on human pathology and Maslow's conception of the root of evil.

			Maslow explicitly reframes pathology in terms of “human diminution.” "Neurosis," says Maslow, is a "failure of personal growth. It is a falling short of what one could have been...what one ''should'' have been...if one had grown and developed in an unimpeded<ref>And I would like to add properly supported and nurtured way.</ref> way."<ref>Maslow, A. H. ''The Farther Reaches of Human Nature''. Viking, 1971. p. 32.</ref> The key concept is the loss of the basic-need satisfactions of safety and protection, belongingness. love. respect. self esteem. identity. and self-actualization produces illnesses and [[Deficiency Diseases\|deficiency diseases]]."<ref>Maslow, ''The Farther Reaches of Human Nature'', 22.</ref>

			'''Diminished Humans are...'''

			* '''Immature'''.<ref>Maslow, Abraham H. “See No Evil, Hear No Evil: When Liberalism Fails.” In ''Future Visions: The Unpublished Papers of Abraham Maslow'', edited by Edward Hoffman. Sage Publications, 1996 p. 161.</ref>
			* '''Conforming'''. Indeed, Maslow created this concept to explain blind conformity to duty, the so called Eichmann phenomenon.<ref>Maslow, A. H. “Critique of Self-Actualization Theory.” In ''Future Visions: The Unpublished Papers of Abraham Maslow'', edited by Edward Hoffman. Sage Publications, 1996. p. 30-1.</ref>

			'''Healing and Reconnection'''

			According to Maslow, the first step towards reversing diminishment is to provide firm, high quality guidance (firm rules) on how to achieve this is, i.e., how to move themselves towards [[B-Values\|Being-Values]] and "ultimate goals."<ref>Maslow, Abraham H. “See No Evil, Hear No Evil: When Liberalism Fails.” In ''Future Visions: The Unpublished Papers of Abraham Maslow'', edited by Edward Hoffman. Sage Publications, 1996 p. 161.</ref>

			=== LP Take ===
			On the [[LP]] we would say the individual needs to be provided, among other things, basic instruction on [[Needs Satisfaction]], guidance on creating a healthy environment, dealing with addiction, embracing truth, as well as guidance on establishing the [[Three Rs of Alignment]], [[Right Thought]], [[Right Action]], and [[Right Environment]].

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==Concept Map==

=== Key Terms===

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===Syncretic Terms===

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===Related LP Terms===

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===Non-LP Related Terms===

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==Abraham Maslow Index Terms==

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