Ian, Thanks. We agree, though we may differ when it comes to particulars. Still there seems to be many here and elsewhere who look to religious values for moral guidance.
As for when value of the dollar was solely controlled by government policy I would say ever since Congress was given the responsibility in Section 8 of the U.S Constitution to "To coin money, regulate the value thereof . . ." Regards, Platt On 15 Feb 2010 at 17:32, Ian Glendinning wrote: > OK here goes Platt - though clearly I'm going to regret it ;-) > > Natural ? Because they are according to the MoQ - that natural order > of natural processes. > > Example ? Natural responsibilty to recognize that our social and > intellectal patterns are supported by existing biological and physical > patterns, so we'd better not allow our socio-intellectual models of > economics undermine or devalue the bio-physical environment. > > Example ? Natural responsibilty that the value of intellectual objects > I can count (like capital) are dependent on social patterns in people, > like trust, so I'd better remember to value those patterns too. > > Valuing mutual dependencies in patterns that are bigger than me and my > bank account - to paraphrase gav and Mary. > > (PS - ref your other mail to Mary - since when was the value of the > dollar "solely controlled by government policy" !?!?! ) > > Regards > Ian > > On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 3:43 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 15 Feb 2010 at 8:38, Ian Glendinning wrote: > > > >> To leave markets (and democracies) > >> unregulated would be a criminal abnegation of our natural moral > >> responsibilities, like leaving our human brains at the door before > >> entering society. Like I said, a no-brainer ;-) > > > > Hey Ian, > > > > Would you care to elaborate on what you consider to be "natural moral > > responsibilities" and explain why they are "natural?" > > > > Thanks > > 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/
