• There needs to be a firm understanding of the limitations of knowledge with no absolutes in the strict sense whether moral, ontological or any other kind.
• There is no answer to the god or not god question. A properly resolved moral philosophy makes the question of god evaporate.
• Ours is a 'for us' mentality. Everything known is relative to our world-view which is not absolute. This central insight has to be woven into the fabric of language and subject to categories of truth. It has to be remembered that what is known is knowledge for us, to us, about us and always takes its source reference from our psychology.
• It is understood that there will always be much more knowledge out there than ever can be had. This should be the root of a humility in outlook and reflected in the formulation of language.
• Humans are at the centre of their own universe which is psychological. In the wider universe they are barely a blip on the radar.
• All the knowledge accumulated and accepted is only ever absolute in a relative way i.e. relative to the base psychological make-up of humans.
• The distinction between strict absolutes and relative absolutes is crucial. It represents a world within a world. The human truths are fixed but only by limitation. We are the masters of our own contained universe.
• Truth categories in use of language are necessary to avert purely semantic arguments.
• The right moral philosophy arises from an exhaustive grasp of the emotional and psychological human constitution. In other words: how we behave toward each other is answerable to a fundamental understanding of the mind. This includes all the historical deficiencies and genetically inherited mental conditions. This moral philosophy becomes the tablet of stone except it is not transcendent at source but is devised by humans from direct experience and observation. It is by them and for them. Perhaps stone is not quite the thing but some modern synthetic compound!
• The god question evaporates because the arriving at a moral philosophy out of emotional intelligence means there is no need for a god to provide absolute authority. The authority comes from within and most significantly it works. It works not just for this person or that community in a given place or time but for all at all times. There need be no further argument about morality. Its tenets are commandments in a sense but insights would be a better term. The moral code follows naturally and requires no commanding.
• There is no answer to the god or not god question. A properly resolved moral philosophy makes the question of god evaporate.
• Ours is a 'for us' mentality. Everything known is relative to our world-view which is not absolute. This central insight has to be woven into the fabric of language and subject to categories of truth. It has to be remembered that what is known is knowledge for us, to us, about us and always takes its source reference from our psychology.
• It is understood that there will always be much more knowledge out there than ever can be had. This should be the root of a humility in outlook and reflected in the formulation of language.
• Humans are at the centre of their own universe which is psychological. In the wider universe they are barely a blip on the radar.
• All the knowledge accumulated and accepted is only ever absolute in a relative way i.e. relative to the base psychological make-up of humans.
• The distinction between strict absolutes and relative absolutes is crucial. It represents a world within a world. The human truths are fixed but only by limitation. We are the masters of our own contained universe.
• Truth categories in use of language are necessary to avert purely semantic arguments.
• The right moral philosophy arises from an exhaustive grasp of the emotional and psychological human constitution. In other words: how we behave toward each other is answerable to a fundamental understanding of the mind. This includes all the historical deficiencies and genetically inherited mental conditions. This moral philosophy becomes the tablet of stone except it is not transcendent at source but is devised by humans from direct experience and observation. It is by them and for them. Perhaps stone is not quite the thing but some modern synthetic compound!
• The god question evaporates because the arriving at a moral philosophy out of emotional intelligence means there is no need for a god to provide absolute authority. The authority comes from within and most significantly it works. It works not just for this person or that community in a given place or time but for all at all times. There need be no further argument about morality. Its tenets are commandments in a sense but insights would be a better term. The moral code follows naturally and requires no commanding.
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