<P>Paradigms are powerful because they create the lens through which we see the world.  The power of a paradigm shift is the essential power of quantum change, whether that shift is an instantaneous or a slow and deliberate process.
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<P>The Character Ethic is based on the fundamental idea that there are <I>principles</I> that govern human effectiveness -- natural laws in the human dimension that are just as real, just as unchanging and unarguably "there" as laws such as gravity are in the physical dimension.