The document defines and discusses corruption at different levels - objects, individuals, groups, and society. Corruption is defined as any action that causes something to become less than its original form or that weakens its ability to survive or project itself into the future. Examples of corruption of individuals include smoking, drugs, and self-injury. Corruption of groups includes working against the group's purpose or leaving the group. Corruption of a society can include weakening its ability to govern, weaken its purpose/identity, or undermine criminal/civil law and social expectations. The document encourages applying the definitions through exercises.

1. Understanding Corruption:

2. Defining Corruption
• Simplifying the Problem.
1. Start with a dictionary.
2. Apply the definition to ensure you
understand.

3. Defining Corruption
• Applying the definitions.
1. Apply it to an object.
2. To an individual.
3. To a group of men.
4. To society.
5. To others?

4. Defining Corruption:
Corruption of an Object

5. Corruption of an Object

6. Corruption of an Object
Corruption:
Any action that causes the object to
be less than its original form.

7. Corruption of an Individual
External Corruption:
•Bullets,
•Accidents,
•Etc.
Internal Corruption:
•Smoking,
•Eating Poisonous
food/drink
•Harmful drugs
•Self injury,
•Etc.
. . . . .
•Poor Judgment

8. Corruption of an Individual

9. Corruption of an Individual
Education
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10. Corruption of an Individual
Corruption:
•Any action that causes an organism
to become less than it’s original form.
•Any action that weakens the
organism’s ability to survive as itself
or weakens its ability to project itself
into the future.

11. Corruption of a Group
What is a group?
Three or more people with
some characteristic or
purpose that they intend to
carry forward into the future.

12. Corruption of a Group
The survival of a group is
affected by:
•It’s strength of purpose.
•It’s intention to carry
forward into the future.
•It’s ability to handle contra-
survival acts from other
groups.
•Other factors?

13. Corruption of a Group
Corruption:
•Any action that weakens the
organism’s ability to survive or
weakens its ability to project
itself into the future.
Examples:
•Working against the purpose
of the group.
•Leaving the group.

14. Corruption of Society
What is Society?
•A Group composed of
smaller groups.
Examples:
•A political party.
•People from a geographic
area. (ex.: A valley, a
community, a country.)
•People from a Tribe made of
several clans.

15. Corruption of Society
What do you do to weaken
the ability of a Society to
survive? or project itself into
the future?
Examples:
•Weaken its ability to govern
itself.
•Weaken the purpose of the
society.
•Weaken the identity of the
society.
•Other methods?

16. Corruption of Society

17. Corruption of an Society
Education
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18. Corruption of an Society
Criminal Law
Civil Law
Social Expectations

19. Application
• Begin work on the Student Exercises to apply
your understanding of corruption.
• When complete, hand them in.