[Dave to Ham]
I was listening to the CBC "Understanding Science" in one of them
there was a discussion about the problems that arises from the
misunderstanding of
"agency" and assigning it exclusively to humans. In this case they
were comparing the agency of bacteria that change their "behavior"
based on the introduction of antibiotics. How does this fit into your views.
[Arlo]
While I doubt it fits Ham's views, I'd say that this in accord with
the MOQ. "Agency", quite simply, could be seen as the ability to
respond to experience. Obviously, context provides some manner of
"structuration", as the responding pattern is always limited by a
contextual repertoire of possibility. Bacteria lack the "agency" to
build airplanes because their biological structure does not support
social patterns, and hence they ipso facto lack the possibility to
respond to experience "intellectually". Humans, of course, have a
very diverse and deep "response repertoire" to draw from, while
inorganic patterns have the least complex and varied. This follows
the MOQ trajectory precisely, in that evolutionary morality serves to
increase the repertoire of possibility the patterns in question have
with which to respond to experience (DQ).
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