[MD] The relativity of the MoQ

[craigerb at comcast.net]

[Ron] 
> Is a culture that values intellectual quality  vs. one that does 
> not, truly superior even if that cultures intellectual level 
> destroys and undercuts it's social level? 
> Is a intellectually destructive society superior to
> a socially oppressive society? 





Consider the following societies: 

1) The society has little interest in  intellectual endeavors but the society 

functions the way the citizens want .   
2) The society values the intellectual so much it forces citizens to work 
on intellectual endeavors.   

3) The society  values the intellectual so much it holds it sacred & prohibits 
citizens from intellectual endeavors. 
4) The society values the intellectual so much that social institutions & 
provision of basic biological necessities do not function as the citizens want. 

Since I don't think "the ends justify the means", I consider society 1) most moral. 
Craig