Dear John, Thank you for the reply. I agree that SOM could be involved with villainy.
Imagine a person who knows that SOM can weaken people by limiting their understanding of Quality. Divide and conquer, especially dividing minds, is an old strategy for domination. I wonder if there has ever been such a person. Otto On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 3:13 PM, John Carl <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 8:39 AM, Otto Zequeira <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Dear all: > > > > Are there no villains, and just systems? Are there no people who are > aware > > of the dangers or possible negative consequences of rationality and > proceed > > to act in such a direction due to self-interest, placing biological > > morality > > over social, intellectual and dynamic morality? > > > > Otto > > > Otto, > > I like this question. It illustrates the other side of the values coin. > We > know what good is. So we also know what bad is. Is bad as equally > ultimately undefinable as Quality? > > Villainy is definitely an issue - in a simplistic way, I see the villain as > one who puts all values and source of values as centering in the subjective > self. A definition which accuses SOM of outright evil, I suppose, and > narcissism as the main exhibition of this evil. > > I imagine I will discover more on this before my roller coaster ride is > done. > > John > 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/ > 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/
