Re: Not quite right

Date: 2007-06-21 04:30 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Your Calvin and Hobbes strip doesn't map onto what you're talking about. The correct mapping would be "If I don't watch images on TV, what will I watch on it?" You are saying "We can all decide as a community which images to watch on TV. So we're not watching images!". Of course, these two statements aren't related.

There are models that aren't like the Alpha Male Monkey, but you're not proposing one. As you pointed out, you have to junk the whole idea of watching TV if you want to get away from seeing images on it, since watching TV necessarily includes watching images.

One such model would be "Each person decides what is moral." This model could not condemn someone who says it's immoral to help the poor or cure cancer. Nor could it condemn someone who says that it's moral to torture small children for her enjoyment. But, the advantage is that there is no moral law that is handed down from above. Someone can even say "Morality is absolute for everyone!" and it doesn't contradict the model.

However, as soon as you try to dictate universal moral law, you're using the Alpha Male Monkey model.

I understand you don't want to engage these ideas and that's fine, but I feel compelled to present them anyway.
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