The following table summarizes some of the axioms from the classical world view that have been guiding our present day understandings. Humans are separate, self- contained autonomous units. The environment has no intrinsic claims to respect or consider. Emphasis on the principle of individualism. Minimization of community and maximization of mutual exclusivity.
Certainty is possible, reality is predictable.
The behaviour of every human being is pre-set and controlled, governed by the same laws, i.e. no one operates from an alternative set of behaviours. Each person is thus interchange- able and there are no unique persons. Future human events are predictable. Given expectations, policy is the optimization of rational alternatives. Emphasis here is on equality and conformity .