Worldview LensObedience & punishment
Right is what avoids punishment by authority.
How it sounds
You shouldn't steal because you'll go to jail.
Signs in writing
- 'you'll get in trouble'
- physical consequences
- authority's power
Values
safety
Fears
punishment
Staying healthy at this stage
- clear, fair authority
Growth edge
- consider what each person wants
How to be heard at this stage
- state consequences plainly
The same altitude in other models
Mapped by altitude, not measured: models track different lines.
- Opportunist Cook-Greuter
- Self-protective Loevinger
- Primary Commons
- Mythic-Literal Fowler
- Imperial mind Kegan
- Opportunist Torbert
- Power / Egocentric Spiral Dynamics
- Red Wilber
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