Meno wrote:Thinkdr,
I admit this was a major flaw -- the mistake of posting it.
I I committed an ethical travesty....
I was tired and ... Razzle and dazzle doesent"t fit the overoverall pattern of it, I do admit, however that I am tempted to remove it .
Very awkward and forgive me
Meno
Parting shot: allusions to obligations & responsibilities, and Trump ideation have given me some structural beginning. If at all possible...
Greetings, Meno
All is forgiven provided you do give in to that "temptation to remove it."
I forgive you.
With regard to your p.s., your parting shot, I am pleased to be of service.
I would love to know how the "structural beginning" developed into some structural solutions in the field of ethical theory, once you have had a chance to work it out.
So do feel fee to send me a p.m. {an email message} telling of the progress in your thinking on this topic. Ethics does indeed encourage cooperation and coordination.
With teamwork the rigorous, logical, coherent system can be further enhanced ...even though it may never be perfect.
Let's get it ready for science!
We note that in the history of philosophy one field after another has been ushered from a collection of vague ideas into an exact discipline amenable to scientific methods:
Philosophy of mind into Psychology; astrology into Astronomy; alchemy into Chemistry; natural philosophy (with its phlogiston concept) into Physics; are some of the best-known examples.
There is no good reason why Ethics should be an exception.In fact, due to the introduction of Moral Psychology - the science of the Moral Sense - and due to the Developmental sciences explicating advances in the understanding of human growth and development;
and due to progress in the theories of Evolution in the field of Biology, it is not an exaggeration to state that Ethics is already a science !!
....Something to think about ......