Conviction about anything is a by-product of one’s perspective, decision and biased in life. And one of the contentions of conviction is characterized as partiality. Partiality could be applied in our day-today situation either as something positive or negative. Take a look at these instances.
- As of 9AM today, FPJ got 6,000 votes and GMA 5,000 votes. (Partial pronouncement by NAMFREL.)
- A college student received failing grades in some of the subjects, and he thinks he can’t do it to achieve his dream of acquiring the degree starting to make a future plan to stop schooling. (Partial doubt.)
- A catholic believer is not convinced about the whole truth or statements stated in the Apostles’ Creed. (Partial suitability maybe.)
- A man was accused of stealing, and he must be that way forever as claimed by conservatism-mentality. (Partial judgment.)
The implications for fruitful and healthy outlook in life going beyond partiality are:
- Partiality challenges us for totality;
- Partiality makes us extend our virtue of patience;
- Partiality gives us enough space to improve our understanding;
- Partiality suspends inhumane rogue judgment;
- Partiality teaches us to be broadminded;
- and partiality helps us to focus on the good side of everyone
...until we achieve the better picture of wholeness of the state of affairs. The pitfall of partiality-attitude is promoting half-truth and half-lie, thus offending other people and winning no trust and confidence in any future dealings. W. Norris Clarke, a retriever on the thoughts of Aquinas, explained that man by nature is searching for an integrated vision of reality as a whole. Thus partiality is good, only, if and when, in relation to wholeness. In short, partiality has no place of its own but finds its home in the wholeness.
