--- Struan Hellier <struan@clara.co.uk> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> For what it is worth . . . . . . .
>
> John, that is a profoundly impressive piece of work
> and I am seriously looking forward to the debate
> which must arise from it. Your meta-ethical critique
> especially is beautifully put, and when I read,
> "The problem here is how to understand the terms
> morality and value," my face lit up as I have
> banging on about this for months and getting mainly
> blank looks. I hope that everyone will take a
> couple of hours (at least) over this in order that
> we might dig deep into the foundations of a
> metaphysics which claims value at the core. Unless
> we understand what we mean when we say that, we
> are in big trouble. Your statement "C. "Most
> organisms encounter the world through experiences of
> positive and negative value, and what does not have
> value for them is not experienced, hence is not
> encountered," is an interesting, coherent and adept
> resolution but it does, as you say, limit the
> scope of the metaphysics. I wonder if anyone can
> remove that limitation and broaden it back out
> again. These meta-ethical issues have been swept
> under the carpet for too long and I thank you for
> bringing them back out.
>
> Struan
>
> ------------------------------------------
> Struan Hellier
> < mailto:struan@clara.co.uk>
> "All our best activities involve desires which are
> disciplined and
> purified in the process."
> (Iris Murdoch)
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