Hi Soj,
You replied,"May I beg to differ" to the following (which I wrote):
" Most members agreed that the MOQ was
of very little value in dealing with
| real world moral conflicts. Most
dilemmas are same level, and the MOQ is
| notoriously quiet on the issue."
You then went on to some very interesting suggestions that the best tools are
often tools to make different tools, etc.
Let me start by stating that I was using the above as a hypothetical
conclusion of the MOQ, and i offered no support for it at all. I was offering
an example of a conclusion, not offerring an actual conclusion. BUT, with
that said, this WAS my recollection of the pertinent summary of the Oct '98
forum discussion on morality after a month of debate. In other words, it was
an example that WAS an actual conclusion (at least my biased view).
The point I was trying to make was that it would be jim-dandy if we had a way
of capturing these conclusions and the key arguments supporting and/or
disagreeing with them. This way, we could latch onto the knowledge and
experience of past discussions, and go beyond them rather than repeating them.
To be honest though, I can't find what your objection is with the
aforementioned statement. Please feel free to peruse the archives, giving
special attention to arguments between the lion and the lamb, or between two
warring nations. The MOQ imo does not offer a suggested morality within a
level. (And if anyone disagrees with this, that is fine, but if so they are
just reinforcing my suggestion that we need a way to summarize past
discussions better if we hope to avoid MOQ entropy)
I am frequently wrong though,
Rog
PS -- Blade's post was a comedy classic. One of the best since Fintan and
Clark used to go at each other.
PPS -- My primary credentials are in my good looks. Trust me on this.
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