[MD] "Could have acted differently" v. "the extent to which we perceive DQ"

[Joseph Maurer]

Hi Arlo and Steve,

In what prison does 'agency' fail to produce freedom?  Only if 'agency'
remains indefinable will it have enough elasticity to achieve metaphysical
status.  All mechanical 'agents' are forbidden access to freedom.  Why
replace DQ with agency?  If agency is conceptualized to be outside of
metaphysics the demand for realization falls to the Divine of Faith and
metaphysics falters.  Perhaps evolution has answers and there are levels in
agency.

Joe    


On 9/14/11 1:04 PM, "Arlo Bensinger" <ajb102 at psu.edu> wrote:

> So, to answer (I hope), within this view "freedom" and "structure" are
> not mutually exclusive, but mutually enabling.
> 
> [Steve]
> I agree with you that agency, the increasing repertoire of responses to
> quality as we move up the MOQ evolutionary hierarchy (And as we move up
> we find new sorts of constraints as well as new possibilities.), is the
> conception of freedom that the MOQ endorses.