Diana McPartlin (diana@asiantravel.com)
Mon, 26 Jan 1998 18:58:22 +0100
Dear Jason, Magnus, Lars, Bodvar, Platt, Keith, Doug R, Maggie, Jeff,
Hugo, Gene, James, Dave, Martin, Ken, Ravi, Anthony, Steve W, Peter,
Richard, Maartin, Samuel, Steve H, Mary, Doug B, Patrick, Ciona, Darryl,
Mark, Adrian, Ketil and the lurkers
I've made several changes to the principles most of which have been
discussed on the squad. I'm sorry if I haven't made every change that
has been suggested. If you really think I'm wrong about something please
keep tackling me about it. It might take some time but I'll get the
point in the end.
Diana
Quality.
Quality is reality. Quality is the ethical principle of the good. Thus
reality is a moral order. Quality, like reality, is known to us as
awareness. As such, it is impossible to define.
The Metaphysics of Quality.
The MoQ is an intellectual path to enlightenment. It is the nature
of the intellect to define things. Thus the purpose of the MoQ is to
define reality. The MoQ pursues the intellect so that the intellect may
be transcended.
Value.
Value is a synonym for Quality. Value encompasses what are usually known
as causation and substance. Value is neither a subject nor an object
but what creates subjects and objects. A value-based metaphysics
explains reality better than one that divides reality into an inner
subjective realm and an outer objective realm because it integrates
subjects and objects, mind and body, science and art and many other
anomalies. Value is understood through the sense of value.
Dynamic Quality and static quality.
There are many ways to divide Quality but the best way is into patterns
of Dynamic and static value or experience. Dynamic Quality is pure
unfiltered experience; static quality is stable distinguishable
experience. Dynamic Quality creates the world; static quality preserves
it. Dynamic Quality is more aesthetic than static quality. Dynamic
Quality is more moral than static quality. Neither Dynamic nor static
quality can survive without the other.
Static levels.
Quality became manifest in our world by an evolutionary sequence of
Dynamic Quality Events. Left in the wake of these events were four
static levels of evolution -- inorganic, biological, social and
intellectual. Each level is a static pattern of Quality, organized and
governed by its own moral laws -- the laws of physics, biology, culture
and reason respectively.
Static awareness.
Each higher level evolved from the lower level but has become a discrete
level. From the point of view of any level it is only possible to
evaluate phenomena at that level.
Static dominance.
Because each lower level is unable to evaluate the other levels, it
considers itself to be the most moral and strives to dominate the
others.
Static morality.
The levels at a higher stage of evolution are more moral than levels
below. Intellectual patterns take moral precedence over social patterns,
social patterns over biological and biological patterns over inorganic.
Dependency.
Higher qualities depend on lower qualities for survival. Thus a higher
quality can only dominate a lower one in so far as it does not endanger
its stability.
Evolution.
The universe is evolving away from low quality and towards high quality.
Truth.
Truth is an intellectual value pattern. There is no single truth, only
high quality and low quality truths.
Self.
The self is undivided Quality, encompassing both Dynamic and static
patterns. As with Quality, the self is both one and many.
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