[MD] The End of Faith - Spirituality

[ian glendinning]

The fish's genes would have trouble coming up with a good argument though ;-)
Ian

On 2/26/08, ian glendinning <psybertron at gmail.com> wrote:
> Platt one (constructive) thought inserted ...
>
> You wondered
> > from the berry's point of view if it doesn't consider what the bear is
> > doing to it as immoral. If I was a berry I would think so.
> >
> Well only if you objectify the individual berry, as a SOMist might do.
>
> If you chose to look at the berries and their genes (selfish ones, the
> kind you approve of) I'd be thinking "Ooh goodie, a bear, now I can
> get coated in bear shit and shat in the woods - our manured future is
> secure. My sole purpose in life, as the fruiting body of a highly
> evolved flowering plant is to be eaten by a bear."
>
> All a matter of perspective. We have to be careful when we
> anthropomorphize the "feelings" of the participants in quality
> interactions.
> Ian
>