--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard M" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" > <willytex@> wrote: > > > > new wrote: > > > That a ball bounces back off a wall does not > > > necessitate gods nor morality. Do this, get > > > that result. > > > > > There's no doubt that the laws of 'karma' indicate > > cause and effect. But, the question is, does 'karma' > > operate on the level of moral reciprocity? If the > > universe is material, based on pure mechanics, > > then there's no reason to posit a moral factor. > > > > If 'karma' indicated that there is a moral to cause > > and effect, then we would expect to see people > > who do good things get rewarded with good things, > > and those that do bad things, should be getting > > bad things.
Well thats quite a problem isn't it! A researcher is going to define what is moral action and what is an appropriate response to such? Thats wide open fo rall sorts of distortion, imposition of pet values, etc. Moral assignments have nothing to do with karma IMO. > > In the real world we do see that cause and effect > > operate according to the laws of 'karma', or due > > to cause and effect, however, in the real world we > > do not see 'karma' operating as moral reciprocity: > > sometimes bad people do bad things and are rewarded > > with good things. > > > But maybe not in the long run ;-) Thats one of many flaws in the "research plans" thus far presented.
