{"id":304,"date":"2016-06-24T11:37:56","date_gmt":"2016-06-24T11:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/?p=304"},"modified":"2017-10-31T15:40:06","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T15:40:06","slug":"appendix-m-is-q4p-morally-neutral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/?p=304","title":{"rendered":"APPENDIX M: Is Q4P  Morally Neutral?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"min-height: 700px\">\n<div class=\"pc pc6a w0 h0\">\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h6d y49d ff1c fs29 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">APPENDIX M:<\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h6d y52c ff1c fs29 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h6d y52d ff1c fs29 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">Is Q4P<\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x83 h5a y52e ff31 fs9 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">\u221e<\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x57 h6d y52f ff1c fs29 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\"> Morally Neutral?<\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h2d y530 ff1b fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y531 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">That does not appear to be the case.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y532 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">\u201cGiving-ness\u201d is crucial for child-rearing, and<br \/>\n                child-r<span class=\"_ _2\"><\/span>earing\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y533 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">is crucial for cosmic Q4P<span class=\"_ _10\"><\/span>.<br \/>\n                And \u201cgiving-ness\u201d is clearly\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y534 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">identi\ue0c4able with \u201cgood\u201d (at least by me).<br \/>\n                Presumably\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y535 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">\u201cgiving-ness\u201d was crucial to creation itself, but I<br \/>\n                have not<span class=\"ff2b\"> <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y536 ff2b fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">discerned the play<span class=\"ff19\"> there.  <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h2d y537 ff1b fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y538 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">As readers and writers, our natural inclination<br \/>\n                might <span class=\"ff1b\"> <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y539 ff1b fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">be to associate <span class=\"ff2b\">greater good<span class=\"ff19\"> with gr<span class=\"_ _2\"><\/span>eater potential. <span class=\"ff1b\"> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y53a ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">That would be my position.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h2d y53b ff1b fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y53c ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">On net balance the cosmos thus would seem to tilt\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y53d ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">towards the<span class=\"ff2c\"> positive. <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y53e ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">However<span class=\"_ _0\"><\/span>, the tilt towards<br \/>\n                the positive is not necessarily\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y53f ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">overwhelming \u2013 by any means.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y540 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">Dealing with this question is a very major<br \/>\n                undertaking. And\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y541 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">I\u2019m not so brave.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>APPENDIX M: Is Q4P \u221e Morally Neutral? That does not appear to be the case. \u201cGiving-ness\u201d is crucial for child-rearing, and child-rearing is crucial for cosmic Q4P. And \u201cgiving-ness\u201d is clearly identi\ue0c4able with \u201cgood\u201d (at least by me). Presumably \u201cgiving-ness\u201d was crucial to creation itself, but I have not discerned the play there. 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