Re: MD MOQ and The Moral Society

From: Erin (macavity11@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Jul 21 2005 - 19:07:13 BST

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    I didn't interpret lack of wider debate as lack of interest Platt did.
    I agree with everything you wrote below that.

    Erin

    ian glendinning <psybertron@gmail.com> wrote:
    Erin, interesting that you interepret lack of wider debate on this
    thread as a lack of interest. I did interject one comment, but it's
    worth exploring why ...

    Obviously we'd all like to apply moral philsophy to the "real world",
    whether we think of ourselves as pragmatists or not.

    The problem is the tit-for-tat dialetctical style of argument doesn't
    allow us to make any meaningful progress at this complex high level of
    human affairs. There is no point trying to stitch together
    wide-ranging valid "opinions" with logic. Jokes, and metaphorical
    aphorisms are better than logic at this level - seriously - fact.

    We need quality arguments, explanations and persuasions comprising
    more than Aristotelian logic. Until that happens these debates just
    hold too many snags to be worth the effort.

    Ian

    On 7/21/05, Erin wrote:
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    > PlATT: Too bad others (except msh) have been
    > uninterested in the subject to date. All the philosophical-type discussion
    > is fine and dandy, but putting the MOQ to use in the "real world" is where
    > I see its greatest potential for an evolutionary push. (Hope this doesn't
    > trigger an esoteric discussion of the meaning of "real world." :-)
    >
    >
    > See Platt you are pragmatic...now even more in common!

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