Hi All, Steven Pinker has written a fascinating article entitled "The Stupidity of Dignity" that challenges moral arguments preventing life-enhancing medical experiments in altering minds and bodies. Coming under the heading of "bioethics" the article should prove of interest to Pirsigians. It is at:
http://www.tnr.com/story_print.html?id=d8731cf4-e87b-4d88-b7e7-f5059cd0bfbd I think Ham will find it especially relevant as Pinker emphasizes the principle of individual autonomy, but everyone will find the moral issues relevant to the MOQ. Is human dignity morally significant? I think you'll find Pinker's answer of value. But I wonder. Does the MOQ come to a similar conclusion? Regards, Platt 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/
