Originally Posted by
Loki
I had wondered if you were SEE in that thread about internet bullying when you seemed so sympathetic to people. But then I had thought maybe it was a manifestation of Fe dual-seeking. I then thought you could be Beta NF, but then I didn't think so... And it also occurred to me that there is nothing to say that an SLE can't be sympathetic... I mean sympathy is a human thing, and most of us have it.
That does sound like Fe. But, conversely, it's possible to be an ethical type and not care about people, yes? Ethical types don't necessarily have good "ethics" (in the sense of being moral or ethically sound). What Fe types do have is a keen awareness of the emotional atmosphere around them. They generally know how others are feeling, and generally know how to change the emotional mood. They're not likely to be terribly surprised by someone else's feelings on something as they will have already known. I have noticed with myself, I'm not very good at telling if people like me or dislike me and have some weird issues there... but in the realm of emotion itself (feelings, the atmosphere of it) I know what's going on and feel completely confident with my perception. So are you confident and clear on an Fe perception?
I generally can't ignore Fe input from other people (or can only do so up to a certain point)... it is very unlikely that I'm capable of being merciless for instance. But then there are characters like Iago in Othello (granted he's fictional, and I could be wrong about him), but Iago seemed to be very good at reading the emotional atmosphere... and it didn't stop him from being merciless... So whether you're kind or cruel with your Fe has nothing to do with whether or not you're an ethical type. ****** is another wonderful example of a grossly unethical ethical type.
I think if you care about people (and anyone can) and you have Fe or Fi in the id block, that you would try to "do right" by that form of ethics, because you value it and care about it.
I wonder if some of that's Ti... Ti can go over different arguments, analyze them, find their flaws... Some people seem to think that seeing different sides of things easily means strong Ne. Perhaps it does, but is it the only thing that it might mean? Hmm. I just don't know. Not knowing where you stand could be weak Se though.
Could be Ni. But I don't know. It gets iffy sometimes with this stuff, because can't we all see the consequences of our actions in our minds regardless of type.
For some reason I associate that kind of thing with Se.
Anyway, I was just musing. I can be swayed that you're IEI. Right now I'm not sure what you are.