Quoting Krimel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > [Krimel] > > What good is a system of morals based on levels when hierarchy of levels > > provides no guidance as to which level has moral priority? I thought that > > was your point over and over with the Doctor and the Germ. But if it is > > immoral for the higher level society to kill the lower level trees then > > what does the MoQ have to tell us about morality? > > [Platt] > The MOQ is clear. The higher levels have moral priority over the lower. "In > general, given a choice of two courses to follow and all other things being > equal, that choice which is more Dynamic, that is, at a higher level of > evolution, is more moral." (Lila, 13) Cutting down a few trees here and > there hardly dents the vitality of the biological level supporting > humanity. The sun's cooling has much greater effect, in case you haven't > noticed. > > [Krimel] > The issue is not global warming but the specific examples of Easter Island > and Haiti were social pressure caused deforestation and destroyed the > societies. I thought you agreed that in these instances it was immoral for > society to dominate biology. > > > [Krimel] > > Are you willing to go further and say that what we experience > > pre-intellectually is a function of our biology. It is the memory of our > > ancestors encoded in our genes? > > [Platt] > First question, yes. Atoms also experience, only non-biologically. Second > question, depends on what you mean by "memory." Is the memory of the first > human to build a fire encoded in our genes? No. Is the memory of being > frightened by loud noises like motorcycles make? Yes. > > [Krimel] > Right, not memory of specific events but of response to static patterns in > our shared environments. By that I mean the patterns common to us and our > ancestors. We inherit patterns of value that increase our probability of > passing along our gene. > > 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/ >
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