John,
Since I got this message twice, and I want to avoid the charm of the
third, I reply that I am delighted that you discovered tetrads that were
missed by everyone for millennia.
Dave
On Sun, 24 Jun 2001 14:21:07 -0700 "John" <legacypr@lucernevalley.net>
writes:
> 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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> Integrity/Fortitude
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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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