Morality. It's a one way street.

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eye2i2hear Wrote:[ps: for those interested in Stefban's "UPB" proposal, the entire thread might be of interest]

UPB's something that comes up on that board all the time, and is more or less the same every time.

My contribution, (And I just point back to it whenever the topic comes up.

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The thing I'd point out about Dustin's post is that morality is not just about what is valued, but about what is valuable (in the scope of human action) Good is to be done and pursued. It glances on this point, but just doesn't hit it squarely. And example at how one might arrive at a conclusion of the valuable.

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Quote: As a child one experiences the inclination to ask questions, and to greet apparently satisfactory answers with satisfaction and failure to answer as a disappointment. At some point one comes to understand -- has the insight -- that such answers are instances of a quite general standing possibility, namely knowledge, coming to know and overcoming ignorance. By a distinct though often well nigh simultaneous further insight one comes to understand that this – knowledge -- is not merely a possibility but also a good [bonum], that is to say an opportunity, a benefit, something desirable as a kind of improvement (a perfectio) of one's or anyone's condition, and as to be pursued.