Hi All,
I'd like to clarify that the attached biblical reference
was not mine. It looks like the sign-off from one of my
former posts mysteriously attached itself to Natalie's.
Thanks,
Mark
> Natalie Shaw wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > Although a religious perspective is not dominate here,
> I find that the close
> > of the Bible brings life as the ultimate human reward.
> >
> > Revelation 21:3-4
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Mark --
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jonathan B. Marder <marder@agri.huji.ac.il>
> > To: moq_focus@moq.org <moq_focus@moq.org>
> > Date: Saturday, August 05, 2000 7:02 PM
> > Subject: MF Life is better than death
> >
> > >Hi Roger and Focs,
> > >
> > >PROGRAM>
> > >Explain why the Dynamic is more moral than the static.
> > >
> > >ROG:
> > >> It seems we either need to show justification for
> this statement (see
> > >my last
> > >> two posts from July), or accept that the entire
> metaphysics and
> > >ethical
> > >> system is based on this anecdotally supported,
> emotive comment. Or
> > >perhaps
> > >> someone can suggest another way out.........
> > >>
> > >
> > >Nice to see you back as an active participant Roger.
> If you look back to
> > >my answer to your July post, you will see that I tried
> to give a
> > >scientific analogy by reference to the second law of
> thermodynamics,
> > >which says that systems evolve towards increasing
> (degrees of) freedom.
> > >In closing that post, I said something off the cuff .
> . .
> > >
> > >JONATHAN
> > >>To restate this all succinctly, DQ animates SQ. Thus,
> for example,
> > >>biological patterns are more dynamic than inorganic
> patterns because
> > >>they are more animated . . .
> > >
> > >I've since been mulling over that, and now realize
> that my statement
> > >provides another analogy that didn't occur to me when
> I first wrote it.
> > >That is the analogy of life itself.
> > >
> > >Life is better than death. One doesn't need a degree
> in ethics of
> > >philosophy to justify that.
> > >Life is its own justification. Life values itself.
> > >
> > >The preservation of life depends on the perpetuation
> of certain
> > >patterns. Once the animating "life force" is lost,
> death surely follows.
> > >
> > >By analogy, Quality values itself, but also depends
> absolutely on an
> > >ongoing dynamic animating force. Without it, quality
> simply dies.
> > >Man's place in all this is as a part of that quality.
> > >
> > >Jonathan
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > >
> >
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