Platt,
true, very true. good comment.
woods
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From: Platt Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, November 1, 2008 9:48:00 AM
Subject: Re: [MD] Democracy
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
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