ethics of double bind situations

From: Charles Nelson (c.nelson@mail.utexas.edu)
Date: Sat Apr 28 2001 - 17:42:35 PDT

 From YE/Bateson:

"Even the attempt at Level III can be dangerous, and some fall by the
wayside. These are often labeled by psychiatry as psychotic, and many
of them find themselves inhibited from using the first person
pronoun." (Bateson 1972, 305-306.)

YE says individual Level III learning can be explosive, while the
reciprocal contribution to society is gradual. But can collective
Level III learning be explosive? And is it ethical to introduce
subjects to double bind situations, knowing that even the attempt can
be dangerous?

Charles Nelson

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