[MD] MoQ as religion

[David M]

sounds like the anti-DQ police have come to town......

DM

I hope not...



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From: "I." <korobkov_ilya at mail.ru>
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Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 3:12 AM
Subject: Re: [MD] MoQ as religion


> Bravo, Kevin! Fully agree with you.
>
> Ilya
>
>
>
> kyc> In a private conversation recently I found myself saying that I 
> observe more
> kyc> disagreement than agreement about what the Methaphysics of Quality is 
> and
> kyc> is not.  And then it occurred to me.  The Metaphysics of Quality is 
> static.  It's
> kyc> a static pattern of intellectual quality.  So there shouldn't be any 
> question
> kyc> about what it is and what it is not.  But questions abound.  What is 
> it about
> kyc> the Metaphysics of Quality that both fascinates and frustrates?
>
> kyc> What fascinates me about the Metaphysics of Quality is what it 
> promises; a
> kyc> non-technical, simple explanation of the source and meaning of value 
> and
> kyc> morality.  What frustrates me about the Metaphysics of Quality is its
> kyc> ambiguity.  On the one hand it is fundamentally comprehensive.  On 
> the
> kyc> other hand, to the newcomers and novices, it's as clear as mud.
>
> kyc> And I asked myself what other things have these qualities.
>
> kyc> Religion!
>
> kyc>      An insane delusion can't be held by a group at all. A person
> kyc>      isn't considered insane if there are a number of people who
> kyc>      believe the same way. Insanity isn't supposed to be a
> kyc>      communicable disease. If one other person starts to believe
> kyc>      him, or maybe two or three, then it's a religion.
>
> kyc>      -- Robert Pirsig
>
>
> kyc> Kevin Perez
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