On 11/13/2013 09:05 AM, Steve Smith wrote: > On 11/13/2013 07:00 AM, glen wrote: >> >> OK. I confess that I do have 2 primary measures of "bad": 1) opacity - >> as we've discussed and 2) asymmetry. In any asymmetric relationship, >> the one(s) with the advantage has the moral responsibility to >> modify/regulate their own actions so that the one(s) with the >> disadvantage isn't (unwillingly) exploited or bullied. I should say >> _try_ to modify/regulate... because it's a _very_ difficult thing to do, >> for anyone. And if there are more than 2 parties, even perceiving 3 or >> more dimensions is hard, much less measuring the amount of symmetry in >> those dimensions. > > Yes... sounds like those good ole values of honesty and fair play to > me. Huzzah! We at least share this one heuristic about moral behaviour > it seems?
Appropriate to this context, I stumbled on this: The United States is isolated in the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2013/11/18/the-united-states-is-isolated-in-the-trans-pacific-partnership-negotiations/ -- glen ep ropella -- 971-255-2847 ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
