The fish's genes would have trouble coming up with a good argument though ;-) Ian
On 2/26/08, ian glendinning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Platt one (constructive) thought inserted ... > > You wondered > > from the berry's point of view if it doesn't consider what the bear is > > doing to it as immoral. If I was a berry I would think so. > > > Well only if you objectify the individual berry, as a SOMist might do. > > If you chose to look at the berries and their genes (selfish ones, the > kind you approve of) I'd be thinking "Ooh goodie, a bear, now I can > get coated in bear shit and shat in the woods - our manured future is > secure. My sole purpose in life, as the fruiting body of a highly > evolved flowering plant is to be eaten by a bear." > > All a matter of perspective. We have to be careful when we > anthropomorphize the "feelings" of the participants in quality > interactions. > Ian > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
