Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: $Revision: 1.6.2.16 $; site ISM780B.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!think!ISM780B!jim From: jim@ISM780B.UUCP Newsgroups: net.philosophy Subject: Re: Re: Free will - some new reading.. Message-ID: <27500090@ISM780B.UUCP> Date: Sun, 11-Aug-85 02:32:00 EDT Article-I.D.: ISM780B.27500090 Posted: Sun Aug 11 02:32:00 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 14-Aug-85 03:15:53 EDT References: <1420@pyuxd.UUCP> Lines: 20 Nf-ID: #R:pyuxd:-142000:ISM780B:27500090:000:1222 Nf-From: ISM780B!jim Aug 11 02:32:00 1985 I suggest that those who have a strong feeling that RLR is unduly monopolizing this medium and is responding in an philosophically unsophisticated and ego-ridden way engage in an experiment: refuse to respond to postings of his that have these qualities. This might allow for an interesting and readable subset of all postings. Of course, all such action is voluntary; its implementation is very much along the lines of his views of a relative, personal, maximizing morality (BTW I share his view of the relativism of morality (I consider "absolute" morality to merely be the attempt by moralists to coerce others into a morality that they themselves may or may not hold), although I think that a more sophisticated discussion of the evolutionary and sociological aspects of the acquistion of morality, i.e., morality as acquired rather than chosen (feeds back into FW or the lack of it) would be more interesting and enlightening). The point is, it is much too easy to fall into the trap of counter-productive arguing with Rich or anyone else who insists on shouting their POV loudly and incessantly; this group needs to find ways to carry on conversations even in the presence of such "noise". -- Jim Balter (ima!jim)