Moral Compass

The following moral compass is based in part on the Coaction Compass of Haskell et al, Unified Science, and in part on the the AQAL quadrant concept of Ken Wilber. As such it represents an integral/integrative approach that includes all options.

Following both Haskell et al and Wilber and keeping things simple, only two variables are considered. These are:

• the attitude of the individual, in this case the guru or teacher or claimant as such, to him or her self, which gives the opposites of self-mastery (selflessness or egolessness, positive) and self-slavery (narcissism or self-absorption, negative),
• the attitude of the individual guru, teacher, etc to others, in this case his or her devotees, which gives the opposites of selfish exploitation (negative) and selfless generosity (positive)

For simplicity's sake, only the extreme positions are presented here, along with the neutral middle position. Thus as with the co-action compass there are nine combinations, including several that are based on neutrality.

The result can be shown by means of the following diagram:

Or in table form:

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