At 05:02 PM 3/10/2008, you wrote: > >Ham: > >If you've read my book, you know that l define morality as "rational > >self-directed value". None of us can escape Value: it is primary to all our > >needing, wanting, loving, and selfish desiring. All human beings are driven > >by Value. As free individuals, we act so as to direct our value to the > >optimization of experience that fulfills our needs, wants, and desires. We > >make our actions "moral" when we apply reason to our value-driven behavior. > >Morality generally refers to social behavior, that is, giving due > >consideration to what effect my action will have on others. > >There are statements in your book I can agree with, but many I >cannot. There is also too much assumption of agreement on underlying >premises. I pick up the book to read a few paragraphs and get >frustrated that it's being assumed I agree with these underlying >premises. I do not.
Hi Ham, I didn't want my comments about your book to be criticism. I very much admire you for writing it. It is a difficult book for me to read. Yet it is beautifully written. I am not the proper person to be considered 'peer review'. There were those in this forum who called for you to submit to such a review. I wonder where they are? Reading it is slow going, but I am learning new things from reading it. Respectfully, Marsha Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars... 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/
