Hello everyone
>From: "Gerhard Ersdal" <ingeborg.ersdal@chello.no>
>Reply-To: moq_discuss@moq.org
>To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>
>Subject: RE: MD Pirsig's hypocrisy
>Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 11:16:57 +0200
>
>Hi Horse and others,
>
>I'm probably accusing the MoQ for being "Emotivism in disguise", as Struan
>Hellier called it. That would explain all these Libertarians here, which
>surprised me at first.
>
>But this has off course been up for debate earlier, and I will read the
>e-mails from march 1998 and Lila's Child (thanks Dan for getting it back on
>the web).
Hi Gerhard
You are welcome.
>Gerhard:
>From Bodvar's Quality Event:
>"It must be understood that Intellect cannot destroy Society as such. The
>danger is that never ending demands of freedom and rights may make the
>Western societies unmanageable, which in turn will raise demands for
>“strong men” and a return to more social orientated constitutions such as
>religious fundamentalism or fascism. At the present, warning signals are
>blaring and flashing, but overlooked. Freedom and rights are good so it is
>assumed that more must be better. All blame is on Society, it is unjust,
>law enforcement is bad and should be abolished, and when crime turns even
>worse, it is because the freedom measurements weren’t radical enough."
>
>This, to me, clearly states the same fear of Emotivism as I have. You could
>say that me and Bodvar, both being Norwegian, have the same emotional
>background for selecting right from wrong, but I believe and hope that
>Bodvar is clinging to the MoQ for better reasons than that.
>
>So why are all these violent gun-lovers and Libertarians that will drag the
>humans down to a biological level here.
>
>RMP in his letter to Bodvar states:
>I think the MOQ would classify emotions as mere biological responses to
>value, not value itself.
>
>YES! So these Libertarians ARE just confusing me, they are talking about
>emotions - quality at a biological level, and not value itself. I guess
>nobody is going to agree with me on this conclusion.
Dan:
This seems a very complex issue that I really haven't had the time to mull
over much, but all in all I believe I agree with you to a point. This is
something to ponder further on. Thank you.
>
>It's close to 30? Celsius here in Norway today, which is very unusual. I'll
>print a copy of Lila's Child, Chapter 14, order Alasdair MacIntyre "After
>Virtue" from a bookstore - (claimed to give an good explanation for why
>Libertarians will undermine society and morals and hence take the world
>down to a biological level), and head for the beach.
Now that sounds like a pleasant way to spend the afternoon. Hope you enjoy!
Dan
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