David
I can tell you are very much of a traditionalist, but there are no "facts,"
only opinions in ethical philosophy. I can cite good reasons for the
additions made, such as St. Paul talks about "decency" in 1 CO:14,
immediately following Chapt 13, where he expounds upon faith, hope, and
charity. Similarly, Plato writes extensively about "wisdom" in the context
of beauty, truth, and goodness. It is perhaps a shortcoming on the part of
the later commentaries that these significant insights were missed. In
truth, all new progress is made through discovering new insights and
relationships. I was hoping that the cohesive and orderly nature of this new
system of virtues and values would be a reasonable validation, or at least
warrant more serious consideration.
Sincerely
John
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Nostalgia/Worship Guilt/Blame Desire/Approval Worry/Concern
Glory/Prudence Honor/Justice Dignity/Temperance Integrity/Fortitude
Providence/Faith Liberty/Hope Civility/Charity Austerity/Decency
Grace/Beauty Free-will/Truth Magnanim./Goodness Equanim./Wisdom
Tranquil./Ecstasy Equality/Bliss Love/Joy Peace/Harmony
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-----Original Message-----
From: D. F. Siemens, Jr. <dfsiemensjr@juno.com>
To: legacypr@lucernevalley.net <legacypr@lucernevalley.net>
Cc: asa@calvin.edu <asa@calvin.edu>
Date: Thursday, June 21, 2001 8:54 PM
Subject: Re: New synthesis of science and religion
Dave writes:
>I find the several sets of four curious. The first are Plato's four
>cardinal virtues, but there are only three theological virtues. Combined
>with Plato's, there are the traditional Seven Cardinal Virtues. The Greek
>convertibles are three in number, beauty, truth and goodness. Looks to me
>as though, when reality doesn't fit, John forces a fit.
>Dave
>
>
>On Thu, 21 Jun 2001 12:53:08 -0700 "John" <legacypr@lucernevalley.net>
>writes:
>>
>> A new model of motivational behavior, described as a ten-level,
>> meta-hierarchy of the major groupings of virtues, values, and
>> ideals, serves
>> as the foundation for a new holistic theory of ethics and morality:
>> with
>> revolutionary applications to behavioral science. The key innovation
>> arises
>> as a direct outcome of the Communications Theory concept of the
>> metaperspective (a higher-order perspective upon the viewpoint held
>> by
>> another). The traditional groupings of ethical terms are
>> collectively
>> arrayed as subsets within such a hierarchy of metaperspectives, each
>> more
>> abstract listing building in a direct fashion upon that which it
>> supersedes.
>> Take, for example, the cardinal virtues
>> (prudence-justice-temperance-fortitude), the theological virtues
>> (faith-hope-charity-decency), and the classical Greek values
>> (beauty-truth-goodness-wisdom). Each of these groupings is split
>> into a
>> complex of four subordinate terms, allowing for precise,
>> point-for-point
>> stacking within the ethical hierarchy. When additional groupings of
>> ethical
>> terms are further added into the mix: namely, the personal ideals
>> (glory-honor-dignity-integrity), the civil liberties
>> (providence-liberty-civility-austerity), the humanistic values
>> (peace-love-tranquility-equality), and the mystical values
>> (ecstasy-bliss-joy-harmony), amongst others; the complete ten level
>> hierarchy of metaperspectives emerges in full detail: along with
>> their
>> associated foundations in behavioral terminology.
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