Hi Chris, > I do not disagree that a lower level pattern may be overlaid and > controlled > by a higher one, all I'm saying is that intellect doesn't control the > social level only because we have democracy. Intellect controls the social > level when intellectual values are always more central than social ones. I > can imagine that when everyone within a democracy let's rationality > supersede social level values every time they are in conflict - that would > be the ideal state for the intellectual level.
Two problems with relying on intellectual level rationality.1) Reason alone (SOM) doesn't provide a basis for moral judgments. 2) "So convenient it is to be a rational creature, since it enables us to find or make a reason for everything one has a mind to do." -- Benjamin Franklin. Obviously 1 and 2 are related. Example: In the current presidential contest there is no lack of reasons on either side to cast one's vote. 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/
