Hi, all!
Glenn, Platt - nice discussion. Hamish - the world needs pepper (Struan as
Punk - vvvbseg!)
Sorry so late - but I've been busier than a cat in a sandbox. Teenage
children (two daughters - does Dad need the phone?- aargh!) building a
house - all that fun stuff.
Hamish wrote:
> The point is that science in denying a fundamental reality to morality
['not measurable by
> scientific instruments', remember? - though I actually contest this
myselfk] tends to UNDERMINE THE
> VALUES ON WHICH SOCIETY IS CONSTRUCTED. Sorry about the shout but I was
getting very bored with
> the repetition. In this case, anthropolgy, multiculturalism, ...
INADVERTENTLY AND NO MATTER HOW
> WORTHY THESE CAUSES tend to cause an immune problem [analogy] in dealing
with matters of SIMPLE
> CRIMINALITY ON A SOCIAL LEVEL.
> This is [I think] Pirsig's case - and I have a lot of sympathy with it.
Very nice summary. I agree with your take.
I'd be interested in an atheist's view of the "fundamental reality to
morality" - better yet, I'd love to learn how you propose to measure
morailty with scientific instruments.
Regards,
drose (recently converted Roman Catholic, btw)
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