From: Valuemetaphysics@aol.com
Date: Thu Aug 05 2004 - 20:24:22 BST
Part I
Hi Mark,
Vac> 1. Can we say that person A is more Dynamic then person B?
Vac> Mark 4-8-04: This can be qualified because a 'person' is given quite a
Vac> detailed description in the MOQ: A person is dominated by a combination
of four
Vac> levels of evolutionary related static patterns, Inorganic, Organic,
Social and
Vac> Intellectual, and these levels are responding to DQ at the same time.
Vac> So, A may be more Dynamic than B depending on the relationships of these
Vac> patterns - and this comparison is ethical.
We can imagine a person A, whose biological level only (or social level
only) responds to DQ, can't we?
Mark 5-8-04: Hi Ilya, Yes we can. However, i feel all levels are responding
ot DQ all the time, so it may be better if we rephrase your question: "We can
imagine a person A, whose biological level (or social level) predominantly
responds to DQ, can't we?"
And we can imagine a person B, whose
intellectual level only responds to DQ, right?
Mark 5-8-04: Predominantly responds to DQ may be better. That is to say, the
other levels are responding to DQ but to a much lesser degree.
Now, let's put aside ethical
side of the difference between person A and person B.
Mark 5-8-04: Ah ha! But as patterns of quality are the basic units of
morality, we are in fact engaged in an ethical activity according to the MOQ. Nice
isn't it? :)
Can we compare
DYNAMICNESS ITSELF of these two people?
Do you see what I'm driving at? May we or may we not bring into use
the term "dynamicness," that would mean the ability of a person to
respond to DQ? - Suppose we can.
Mark 5-8-04: I don't see a problem with this Ilya. In fact, your thinking
closely parallels coherence.
Does dynamicness of one level of static patterns
necessitate dynamicness of other levels of static patterns? Is there
such a thing as GENERAL DYNAMICNESS, or we can talk only about
dynamicness of a certain level of static patterns?
Mark 5-8-04: Your term, GENERAL DYNAMICNESS is pretty close to coherence. I
have put it this way: 'Coherence in and across levels.' I think there is a
dynamicness/coherence within levels and therefore one may envisage a
general/coherence across levels in exceptional individuals. Of course, the exceptional
Quality of an individual is not the individual itself, but the metaphysical
structure that just happens to be conventionally labelled, 'An individual.'
In fact, and exploration of exceptional general dynamicness/coherence
indicates that a sense of self is dissolved.
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