[MD] guidebook/primer

[Squonkonguitar at aol.com]

Hi Ian,
You want a layperson Primer also?
OK. I would like to have a stab at that.
 
I'm delivering a MoQ lecture to a bunch of postgrads at the phil.  dept. 
soon, so thinking about how to get these ideas across to those who may  never have 
heard of the MoQ is useful for me.
 
I've condensed and added to the list:
 
The Metaphysics of Quality.
List revision. b.
 
1. Metaphysical basis: Quality - Mystic Monism.
2. MoQ ontology: Pure  Empirical, pre-conceptual DQ / conceptual sq
3. MoQ evolution: DQ is the source/goal of simultaneously  evolving levels of 
sq.
4. sq ontology: Four evolutionary related,  discrete levels, non reducible to 
previous levels:
a. InO. Cosmology. Oldest patterns. Least Dynamic.
b. Bio. Life.
c. Soc. Imitated ritual - Celebrity status.
d. Int. Symbolic manipulation. Newest patterns. Most  Dynamic.
5. New levels strive to evolve away from laws governing  immediate older 
level, and do so at an accelerating rate of  evolutionary development.
6. Newer levels are more moral than older  levels - it is moral for newer 
levels to dominate older  levels.
7. Older levels are less moral than newer levels - it is  immoral for older 
levels to dominate newer levels.
8. A higher  Code of Art produces excellence at each level.