From: Horse (horse@darkstar.uk.net)
Date: Wed Oct 23 2002 - 23:55:13 BST
Hi Erin
On 22 Oct 2002 at 20:59, Erin Noonan wrote:
> > HORSE: In everyday use the term has strong connotations of condemnation based
> > on perceptions of a social nature. However within the MoQ it is at the root of
> > our interaction with the world on all levels.
>
> ERIN: Okay but if a judgement has a bad connotation in everyday use then
> when talking with somebody not familiar with MOQ wouldn't it be better to use
> a neutral word such as discrimination?
I think discrimination has even worse connotations. I have no real problem with the term
judgement.
> Also let me point out the value of judging actions rather then the person.
> Everybody has SOME inorganic, biological, social, and intellectual value.
> So these judgments are being made on something more specific such as the
> actions you observe so why not limit the judgements to the specifics (actions)
> themselves? (i.e. if the judgements are being made on
> a mircro level then why not keep them there)
This brings us back to the original point. Our actions (behaviour) define us in the world
and it is the interaction of our behaviours that provides the basis for our moral
judgements.
However I agree with Wim that we always hold something back so any judgement is
contingent as a result but this does not make if invalid merely incomplete.
I also don't believe that our judgements are being made on a micro level. Interaction is
dynamic and I don't see that we make our judgements on this level but from what falls
out of this - which are static patterns of value. These are the main patterns we perceive
and use to make sense of the world. Our means of ordering the world (creating it as we
move through it) is a process of judging. Judging others happens to be part of this
process.
Horse
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