Hey Folks, In case you need some bed time reading ;-)
When I say that I believe that we can make this world a better place, and that we should be sufficiently motivated to do so, I say this because I am what would be termed a moral realist.<http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/moral-realism/>This is to say that I am of the opinion that there are certain actions that are *objectively *right and hence that we ought to do them. What those are exactly is another story ;-). This view is to be contrasted with moral relativism <http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/moral-relativism/>. The sense in which we can come to know that certain actions are *right* is a position grounded in a transcendentally idealistic<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcendental_idealism>view on the structure of knowledge that contrasts with a scientifically realistic <http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/scientific-realism/>perspective, and is outlined in a paper that I wrote entitled The Visibility of Moral Facts <http://docs.google.com/View?id=dc4gbgsj_208cg9z5qc5>. I also believe that right action is intrinsically tied to the relationship between our reflexive (self conscious) nature and our *survival within communities*. I advance an argument to this effect in a paper entitled The Structure of Identity. <http://docs.google.com/View?id=dc4gbgsj_900fjd2xmcz> Hence, for me, there are certain things as rational thinking beings that we ought to do (even if we don't as a species know what they are) and there is a connection between what they are and community. If you can make the connection between community and collaboration, you can get a better idea for why developing collaborative frameworks and processes is vitally important for me. Unfortunately, my musings tell me nothing about what those right actions actually are... ;-) -- Suresh Fernando WEBSITE: http://radical-inclusion.com WEBSITE: http://wiki.openkollab.com BLOG: http://sureshfernando.wordpress.com TWITTER: http://twitter.com/sureshf FACEBOOK: facebook.com/suresh.fernando 604-889-8167--
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