From: jhmau (jhmau@sbcglobal.net)
Date: Tue Oct 08 2002 - 17:46:24 BST
10/08/2002 Davor ar elkeaapheefteen @ hotmail. com writes, responding to
Steve:
"I believe the intellectual level in a non-technical sense, is a level where
one accepts himself as an individual and moral authority. It means IMO that
an individual has broken free(correction;is breaking free) from the
constraints of the social level, which means an individual accepts his own
authority. This seems to go to a world of perspectives and that there is no
common good, but I believe there is, DQ. As the progression of the levels in
many situations progress to the same goal. More practical, take for instance
secularisation which is a shift from a social to intellectual level
construction which means that the authority of 'pragmatic' societal
decisions are not longer based on what God says but what a voice inside
individuals say and what they have agreed on. It might not be a fully
intellectual level construction, but at least it is intellectually driven
and going towards DQ rather than obedience to dogmas as in(most) religions.
But as there is one thing most of us agree on it is; I could be wrong!"
Davor, Steve and All,
IMO What a gem! Thanks Steve for trolling for it. On the news recently I
heard that New York was creating its own intelligence agency, with offices
etc. in Israel et al. "Individual and moral authority." It seems to me
there is a sense that the federal government can no longer protect us from
terrorists. It is up to the individual communities to in some way protect
themselves. Are communities becoming individuals? Through the years there
have been closed societies that have left moral authority in the hands of
its members. As for obedience to dogma, after Persig questioned SOM, new
ways of looking at things revealing the presence of much dogma became more
widespread.
joe
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