Re: MD Two theories of truth

From: johnny moral (johnnymoral@hotmail.com)
Date: Mon Nov 17 2003 - 19:07:10 GMT

  • Next message: August West: "Re: MD what is life?"

    >Matt:
    >Okay, given all this agreement, my point is that people already do or do
    >not respect the good stuff and the bad stuff (in the appropriate ways), and
    >saying that they should respect Morality-as-such doesn't really add
    >anything. Its the details that count, not the broad prostrations. Maybe a
    >useful slogan for getting people to think that the murders they see happen
    >are significant, but I think saying "respect Morality-as-such" resonates
    >much less than "respect the wrongness of murder".
    >
    >Matt

    Hi Matt,

    I don't see why you would object to respecting morality, or to the
    suggestion that we should respect morality more. I say it because some
    (lots of?) people seem to have a negative attitude toward morality, and
    actually DISrespect it, as-such. (And my feeling is that there is no
    neutrality, you can't be in the middle on respect/disrespect. You either
    respect or disrespect, as withholding respect is disrespectful.) I posit
    that the whole of morality requires respect for it to continue to exist,
    just as any particular pattern requires respect for it to continue to exist.
      Respect is the juice that flows through the veins of morality and keeps it
    from wilting. I think it is important to nurture a respect for Morality as
    a whole, and for the generic moral process where things do what they should
    because they should, than it is to nurture respect for any particular
    pattern, because if we lose the concept that we should do what we should do,
    then it won't make a difference what particular patterns we respect, they
    won't be able to do what they should do anyhow, we'll have cut the legs out
    from under it.

    Johnny

    _________________________________________________________________
    Frustrated with dial-up? Get high-speed for as low as $26.95.
    https://broadband.msn.com (Prices may vary by service area.)

    MOQ.ORG - http://www.moq.org
    Mail Archives:
    Aug '98 - Oct '02 - http://alt.venus.co.uk/hypermail/moq_discuss/
    Nov '02 Onward - http://www.venus.co.uk/hypermail/moq_discuss/summary.html
    MD Queries - horse@darkstar.uk.net

    To unsubscribe from moq_discuss follow the instructions at:
    http://www.moq.org/md/subscribe.html

    This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Mon Nov 17 2003 - 19:07:55 GMT