Ken Wilber (*1949)
US-amerikanischer Philosoph, Mystiker, Autor, Entwickler der Integralen Theorie

Werte des Ersten Tiers / Bereichs

• MAGENTA (egozentrisch, magisch)
• ROT (ego- bis ethnozentrisch, egoistisch)
• BERNSTEIN (ethnozentrisch, mythisch)
• ORANGE (weltzentrisch, rational)
• GRÜN (weltzentrisch, pluralistisch)

Werte des Zweiten Tiers / Bereichs

• BLAUGRÜN (weltzentrisch bis kosmozentrisch, integral)
• TÜRKIS (kosmozentrisch, integral)

MAGENTA (egozentrisch, magisch) – SD VIOLETT:
Familienebene. Primitive Clanbildung, Gruppenzugehörigkeit, Animismus, Verehrung der Ahnen, Tabus, Rituale. Als gesellschaftliche Form bei einigen Naturvölkern zu finden; beim Kleinkind i.d.R. vor dem 3. Lebensjahr. Übergang: beim Wunsch, sich als Individuum und nicht nur als Teil eines Kollektivs zu definieren.
Magenta Altitude began about 50,000 years ago, and tends to be the home of egocentric drives, a magical worldview, and impulsiveness. It is expressed through magic/animism, kin-spirits, and such. Young children primarily operate with a magenta worldview. Magenta in any line of development is fundamental, or "square one" for any and all new tasks. Magenta emotions and cognition can be seen driving such cultural phenomena as superhero-themed comic books or movies.

ROT (ego- bis ethnoentrisch, egoistisch):
Ebene der Selbstbestimmung. Stärke, Rebellion, Heldentum, Macht, "Ich gewinne". Gesellschaftliche Struktur durcht Stärke geprägt. Als Gesellschaft typisch für Totalitarismus, Diktatur, Monarchie (vgl. mittelalterisches Deutschland). Beim Kind um das 3.-4. Lebensjahr (Trotzphase). Übergang: Kristallisierung der Machtstruktur
The Red Altitude began about 10,000 years ago, and is the marker of egocentric drives based on power, where "might makes right," where aggression rules, and where there is a limited capacity to take the role of an "other." Red impulses are classically seen in grade school and early high school, where bullying, teasing, and the like are the norm. Red motivations can be seen culturally in Ultimate Fighting contests, which have no fixed rules (fixed rules come into being at the next Altitude, Amber), teenage rebellion and the movies that cater to it (The Fast and the Furious), gang dynamics (where the stronger rule the weaker), and the like.

BERNSTEIN (ethnoentrisch, mythisch) – SD BLAU:
Ebene der gesellschaftlichen Ordnung. Klare Regeln, Hierarchie, Ordnung, Absolutismus, übergeordnete Macht, Dogmatismus, Starrheit. Typische Gesellschaftsform der heutigen Staaten. Beim Kind bis zur Pubertät. Übergang: wenn die Struktur mehr verhindert, als sie erlaubt.
The Amber Altitude began about 5,000 years ago, and indicates a worldview that is traditionalist and mythic in nature—and mythic worldviews are almost always held as absolute (this stage of development is often called absolutistic). Instead of "might makes right," amber ethics are more oriented to the group, but one that extends only to "my" group. Grade school and high school kids usually exhibit amber motivations to "fit in." Amber ethics help to control the impulsiveness and narcissism of red. Culturally, amber worldviews can be seen in fundamentalism (my God is right no matter what); extreme patriotism (my country is right no matter what); and ethnocentrism (my people are right no matter what).

ORANGE (weltzentrisch, rational):
Ebene der sozial verträglichen Entwicklung. Wissenschaft, Ambition, Leistung, Fortschritt, Vernunft, "Win-win". Typische Gesellschaftsform der Unternehmen. Beim jungen Erwachsenen bis ca. zum 18.-25. Lebensjahr. Übergang: beim Erkenntnis, dass ein "immer weiter nach oben" nie ein Ende hat.
The Orange Altitude began about 500 years ago, during the period known as the European Enlightenment.  In an orange worldview, the individual begins to move away from the amber conformity that reifies the views of one's religion, nation, or tribe. The orange worldview often begins to emerge in late high school, college, or adulthood. Culturally, the orange worldview realizes that "truth is not delivered; it is discovered," spurring the great advances of science and formal rationality. Orange ethics begin to embrace all people, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal...." Ayn Rand's Objectivism, the US Bill of Rights, and many of the laws written to protect individual freedom all flow from an orange worldview.

GRÜN (weltzentrisch, pluralistisch):
Ebene des gesellschaftlichen Konstruktivismus. Gleichbehandlung, Gleichberechtigung, Akzeptanz, Ökologie, Relativismus. Typische Gesellschaftsform der Hilfsorganisationen. Beim Erwachsenen bis ca. zur Midlife-Crisis. Übergang: Notwendigkeit einer Entscheidungsfindung.
The Green Altitude began roughly 150 years ago, though it came into its fullest expression during the 1960’s.  Green worldviews are marked by pluralism, or the ability to see that there are multiple ways of seeing reality. If orange sees universal truths ("All men are created equal"), green sees multiple universal truths—different universals for different cultures. Green ethics continue, and radically broaden, the movement to embrace all people. A green statement might read, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all people are created equal, regardless of race, gender, class...." Green ethics have given birth to the civil rights, feminist, and gay rights movements, as well as environmentalism.
The green worldview's multiple perspectives give it room for greater compassion, idealism, and involvement, in its healthy form. Such qualities are seen by organizations such as the Sierra Club, Amnesty International, Union of Concerned Scientists, and Doctors Without Borders. In its unhealthy form green worldviews can lead to extreme relativism, where all beliefs are seen as relative and equally true, which can in turn lead to the nihilism, narcissism, irony, and meaninglessness exhibited by many of today's intellectuals, academics, and trend-setters... not to mention another "lost" generation of students.

BLAUGRÜN (weltzentrisch bis kosmozentrisch, integral) – SD GELB:
Ebene der integralen Wahrnehmung. Systeme in Systemen, Unsicherheitsprinzip, Chaostheorie, Intergration aller möglichen Ansichten, Big Picture, flexibles Handeln. Gesellschaftlich praktisch noch nicht entwickelt. Beim Erwachsenen ca. ab dem 40. Lebensjahr. Übergang: Teilung der erworbenen Kenntnisse und Ansichten mit der Gesellschaft.
The Teal Altitude marks the beginning of an integral worldview, where pluralism and relativism are transcended and included into a more systematic whole. The transition from green to teal is also known as the transition from “1st-tier” values to “2nd-tier” values, the most immediate difference being the fact that each “1st-tier” value thinks it is the only truly correct value, while “2nd-tier” values recognize the importance of all preceding stages of development.  Thus, the teal worldview honors the insights of the green worldview, but places it into a larger context that allows for healthy hierarchies, and healthy value distinctions.
Perhaps most important, a teal worldview begins to see the process of development itself, acknowledging that each one of the previous stages (magenta through green) has an important role to play in the human experience. Teal consciousness sees that each of the previous stages reveals an important truth, and pulls them all together and integrates them without trying to change them to “be more like me,” and without resorting to extreme cultural relativism (“all are equal”). Teal worldviews do more than just see all points of view (that’s a green worldview)—it can see and honor them, but also critically evaluate them.

TÜRKIS (kosmozentrisch, integral):
Holonische Ebene. Bewusste, universelle Ordnung, keine Trennung von Gedanken und Gefühlen, Verbindung aller Netzwerke, hohe Spiritualität, "collective mind". Gesellschaftlich nicht vorhanden. Beim Mensch extrem selten. Übergang: ???
Turquoise is a mature integral view, one that sees not only healthy hierarchy but also the various quadrants of human knowledge, expression, and inquiry (at the minimum: I, we, and it). While teal worldviews tend to be secular, turquoise is the first to begin to integrate Spirit as a living force in the world (manifested through any or all of the 3 Faces of God: “I”—the “No self” or “witness” of Buddhism; “we/thou”—the “great other” of Christianity, Judaism, Hindusm, Islam, etc.; or “it”—the “Web of Life” seen in Taoism, Pantheism, etc.).

Inspired by Stages and states of consciousness Corey W. deVos