The mentally healthy person:
- Is productive and unalienated
- Relates to the world lovingly
- Uses reason to grasp reality objectivity
- Feels himself or herself to be a unique individual
- Feels one with his or her fellow human beings
- Does not respond to irrational authority
- Willingly accepts the rational authority of conscience and reason
- Is in the process of being born as long as he or she is alive.
In a sane society,
- No one is a means to another's ends, but always an end in himself
- No one uses himself or another for ends that contradict the unfolding of his or her own human powers
- Acting according to one's conscience is viewed as basic and necessary
- Opportunism and lack of principles is frowned on rather than rewarded
- The person's relationships to others in the social sphere are similar in their qualities to relationships in the private sphere.
- All economic and political activities encourage the growth of the people
- Each person is an active and responsible participant in the life of society, as well as master of his or her own life
- People are stimulated to relate to eachother lovingly
- Everyone's productive activity in his or her work is furthered
- The unfolding of people's reason is encouraged
- People have a chance to express their inner needs in collective art and rituals
- Qualities like greed, exploitiveness, possessiveness, and narcissism cannot easily be used to enhance one's prestige or bring material gain.
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