[MD] A problem with the MOQ.

[Tuukka Virtaperko]

Ham, Ant, dmb,

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> .., what defines a philosophy is the ontology on which it is structured and which gives it meaning both within and outside of the definable (empirical) realm. ...Basically, a philosophy is a particular conception of reality that can be comprehended in terms of its own epistemology and ontological paradigm.  It must satisfactorily answer the question 'What is?' as well as provide an explanation for creation and causal process in time and space.  It must also account for the conscious subject and its relation to the cosmos.
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> ... In my opinion, the MOQ as currently presented is bereft of ontology altogether, as is evidenced by confusion over the existence of the conscious self and the meaning of "static" and "dynamic" as related to Quality.  A hierarchy of moral levels based on a human precept of evolution does not constitute a philosophy, let alone a metaphysical theory.   ....I believe much more could have been postulated on the Value premise had the author been willing to develop a formal ontology in the classic tradition.
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Tuukka:
The MOQ is not bereft of ontology. An important purpose of the MOQ is to 
unite the disciplines of ontology, epistemology and ethics. Even if the 
MOQ were bereft of ontology, adding an ontology to the MOQ would 
probably be useless unless the ontology corresponded with the ethical 
sides of the MOQ - that is, the ontology categorized entities in such a 
way, that the ethical side of the MOQ could get a grip on them. Such an 
ontology would be likely to look exactly similar as the ethical theory 
in the MOQ.

So it's no coincidence that the MOQ has only one system. It's not a 
problem either. The real problem was, rather, that ontology, 
epistemology and ethics were separated as different disciplines in the 
first place. To make a system that does not separate those disciplines 
is not to add an arbitrary assumption. It is to remove the arbitrary 
assumption that those disciplines are separate.

Best regards,
Tuukka