I acknowledge your points about not equating Goodness with Power, which is probably the failure mode of lusting for reflective consistency. (The lines of reasoning I go through in that link are pretty often missed by people who think they understand the nature of direction of morality, I think.) Maybe I should explicitly note that I was not at all describing my own beliefs, just trying to come up with a modern rendition of old-as-dirt Platonistic religionesque ideas. (Taoism is admirable in being more ‘complete’ and human-useful than the Big Good Metaphysical Attractor memeplexes (e.g. Neoplatonism), I think, though that’s just a cached thought.) I’ll go back over your comment again soon with a finer-toothed comb.
I acknowledge your points about not equating Goodness with Power, which is probably the failure mode of lusting for reflective consistency. (The lines of reasoning I go through in that link are pretty often missed by people who think they understand the nature of direction of morality, I think.) Maybe I should explicitly note that I was not at all describing my own beliefs, just trying to come up with a modern rendition of old-as-dirt Platonistic religionesque ideas. (Taoism is admirable in being more ‘complete’ and human-useful than the Big Good Metaphysical Attractor memeplexes (e.g. Neoplatonism), I think, though that’s just a cached thought.) I’ll go back over your comment again soon with a finer-toothed comb.