[MD] The Individual Level

[Gene M]

On 7/12/06, Platt Holden <pholden at davtv.com> wrote:
>
> Hi All:
>
> Still another reason why the intellectual level might better be called
> the individual level:
>
> "But can he argue that the moral question, 'Is it all right to fake
> your scientific data?' is not a scientific question? Can he say, as a
> scientist, 'The faking of scientific data is no concern of science?' "
> (Lila, 24)
>
> The individual moral character traits of honesty, integrity and
> personal responsibility are an intrinsic to the value of science, the
> quintessential intellectual level pattern. Without individual devotion
> to truthfulness, the intellectual pattern of science disintegrates to
> social level junk.
>
> Best,
> Platt


Should we just go ahead and starting calling you Rigel from now on?

-Gene