From: Horse (horse@darkstar.uk.net)
Date: Tue Oct 22 2002 - 00:07:32 BST
Hi Joe
On 21 Oct 2002 at 9:56, jhmau wrote:
> joe: Certainty for action can come from three sources--a reaction based on
> trust in what another says, a reaction based on certainty of a dogma, a
> reaction based on the certainty of experience of the intellectual order.
OK So all oof the above arise from experience and judgement. Moral judgements of
others and ourselves and a process of constant re-evaluation of experience given new
knowledge.
> Render to Caesar what is Caesar's, seems to me to be a clear distinction
> between the intellectual and social orders. A judgement based on trust in
> behavior in the social order, is not the same as a judgement based on the
> certainty of experience of the intellectual order. IMO Oldehippie1947 @
> aol.com was remembering the distinction between the two orders.
But when we judge others, unless we're being extremely superficial, are we not basing
that judgemnet on experiencing at different levels and how we relate this to our own self-
knowledge.
I agree that making judgements of others based purely on social value would be
extremely limited and superficial but it is one (initial) part of the process of
understanding others and judging them. To make this the whole basis of judgement
would be foolish. When our experience of others includes intellectual interction as well
then we have a broader basis from which to judge. But I still don't see how judging
others is wrong. If we don't make these judgements then we cannot progress toward
greater understanding - initial judgements aren't necessarily correct but they are
necessary in order ot progress.
According to the MoQ the world (i.e. reality) is a moral order so all of our actions are
part of this moral order and thus any judgement is a moral judgement. A moral
judgement is a means of differentiation and assessment. It is not merely or necessarily a
condemnation.
Horse
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