By the phrase "morality being hard-wired", I presume it means that every animate being has intricate sense of morality, although the degree to which it may act in accordance to this morality may vary. Recently, there have been psychological cases where psychopaths have no sense of morality at all. Today, in the Times of India, there was a story of an 8-year-old serial killer who strangled at least 4 six-month-old babies (two among whom were his cousins). Surely enough, he needed parental guidance to teach him what is right and what is not right, which he evidently did not have a history of.
That's why I've always opposed letting ethics be a foundation of metaphysics. There are always exceptional cases. Even Stephen Covey would agree that each human is born with conscience, taking the "nature" side of the debate rather than the "nurture" which psychologists maintain. What I still understand as Quality is simply Experience or Activity, not Goodness, not Morality. I suppose figuring out a moral order for the universe is beyond our reach because we are "in the system" (ref. Godel's Theorem and Hofstadter). We can analyse what's been happening so far (social/financial/intellectual trends) but to predict patterns with complete accuracy is impossible, because the fastest and most accurate "reality engine" is reality itself, not a supercomputer, although approximate or vague answers can be obtained (broad level answers). -- Akshay On 5/30/07, Micah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That's your choice. > > Micah > > > > While I find your views delusional you are welcome to them. > > Krimel > > --------------------------------- > > 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/
