Philosophy - Logics Origin of Ethics, Morals, Virtue, and Quality

Written by Larry Neal Gowdy, author of Reality, Mobipocket's #1 best seller in science/technical for over two years.

Additional information about the author and book can be found at The Logics and at Logics Origin of Ethics, Morals, Virtue, and Quality.

Interpreting the book from a theist viewpoint:

     In the beginning, God created Creation. All craftsmen leave the mark of their skill within the things that the craftsmen create, and God left His mark within Creation. The laws of God are reflected within the laws that Creation was built upon. The laws of Nature are the laws of God, and by God’s laws were all things created.

     God created the effect of gravity, and all things obey gravity. All thinking minds know that a rock will fall to the ground, and it is upon the knowledge of gravity that it is deemed logical that rocks fall. Logic is the act of mentally comparing things, and correct logic is based upon correct knowledge. The only correct knowledge in the Universe is the knowledge based upon the observing of how objects react to the laws of Nature. Correct logic is based on the observable laws of God.

     The laws of Nature are what all men deem to be logical. Logic is wholly and completely based upon the laws of God. God is logical, and nothing logical can exist outside of God’s law. If a thing is logical, then it is correct and right. If a thing is not logical, then it is incorrect and wrong. God dictates what is right and wrong.

     The laws of Nature clearly exhibit God’s laws of physics as well as God’s spiritual laws. Man can invent new laws of physics and claim that gravity does not exist, but no man’s law can be logical if the law does not agree with God’s law. Man can invent new spiritual laws, but if the new spiritual laws are not in harmony with God’s laws, then man’s laws cannot be logical. It is God’s law that dictates what is right and wrong, and regardless of what man might claim otherwise, the only logical judgment of right and wrong is based on the laws of God.

     It is God that dictates what is ethical, what is moral, and what is fair, and God placed the rules of ethics and morals within the laws of Nature. No man can logically claim that man’s standards of ethics and morals are greater than those of God’s.

Interpreting the book from an atheist viewpoint:

     In the beginning, Nature created Creation. All craftsmen leave the mark of their skill within the things that the craftsmen create, and Nature left its mark within Creation. The laws of Nature are reflected within the laws that Creation was built upon. The laws of Nature are the laws of Nature, and by Nature’s laws were all things created.

     Nature created the effect of gravity, and all things obey gravity. All thinking minds know that a rock will fall to the ground, and it is upon the knowledge of gravity that it is deemed logical that rocks fall. Logic is the act of mentally comparing things, and correct logic is based upon correct knowledge. The only correct knowledge in the Universe is the knowledge based upon the observing of how objects react to the laws of Nature. Correct logic is based on the observable laws of Nature.

     The laws of Nature are what all men deem to be logical. Logic is wholly and completely based upon the laws of Nature. Nature is logical, and nothing logical can exist outside of Nature’s law. If a thing is logical, then it is correct and right. If a thing is not logical, then it is incorrect and wrong. Nature dictates what is right and wrong.

     The laws of Nature clearly exhibit Nature’s laws of physics as well as Nature’s spiritual laws. Man can invent new laws of physics and claim that gravity does not exist, but no man’s law can be logical if the law does not agree with Nature’s law. Man can invent new spiritual laws, but if the new spiritual laws are not in harmony with Nature’s laws, then man’s laws cannot be logical. It is Nature’s law that dictates what is right and wrong, and regardless of what man might claim otherwise, the only logical judgment of right and wrong is based on the laws of Nature.

     It is Nature that dictates what is ethical, what is moral, and what is fair, and Nature placed the rules of ethics and morals within the laws of Nature. No man can logically claim that man’s standards of ethics and morals are greater than those of Nature’s.

     The Logics Origin of Ethics, Morals, Virtue, and Quality book approaches the topic of ethics and morals by explaining the sequencing of a Nature-based logic. The book was written with a design that it can be used profitably for both theists and atheists.

Contents

Section I – The Definitions

Chapter 1: Purpose and Design
        Thales and Gilbert's different explanations for similar observations. Why there is a need to clarify the definitions of words. Spherical and layered thought patterns. Understanding through first-hand experience.

Chapter 2: Belief Systems
        Emotions as states of synergy intensity of mind and body. Self-chosen systems of values and systems of beliefs influence reasoning. Graphical representations of logical/correct and illogical/incorrect. Logic is structured upon sensorial perceptions of natural laws, and biased to agree with systems of values and beliefs. Behavioral variances. Words as symbols. Self-betterment through self-quality. Focus is on intelligence and accurate thought.

Chapter 3: Definitions
        Inward actions. Defining concept, conceptual, ethic, ethics, moral, morals, virtue, logic, logical, reason, reasoning, intelligence, information, knowledge, good, bad, and integrity. How definitions are influenced by emotion.

Chapter 4: Logic
        Logic as accuracy. Polarities of focus in the internal, inwardly, external, and externally. Polarities of thought; instinctive and thoughtful. The word equal has limitations. Logic is the foundation of ethics.

Chapter 5: Intelligence
        Description of intelligence. Elements in union create a new concept, but the elements themselves do not possess the nature of the concept. Polarities of directional flow in information, knowledge, and understanding. Awareness. Morals being the applied ethics relative to the environment. All things in Reality are cyclic.

Chapter 6: Quality
        Creativity and harmony of elements. Differences between localized and universal quality. Ability of elements to harmonize. Ultimate quality. Altruism.

Chapter 7: Linguistics
        Polarities of learning methods. Behavioral polarities of self-influence, external-influence, internal-referencing, external-referencing, and self-defining.

Chapter 8: Virtue
        Virtue as the sum of nonphysical conceptual ethics. The elements of ethics do not possess the conceptual nature of virtue. The cyclic nature of mental weighing. Differences between justness and fairness. Nothing is perfect. Differences between ancient and modern use of virtue. Inventing an undefined word does not create a comprehensible concept.

Section II – The Comments

Chapter 1: Introduction
        Mathematics as the language of logic. Nothing in Reality is mathematically exact. All things are in change and motion. All things are analog in nature.

Chapter 2: Comments on Religion and Ethics
        Origins of religions and philosophies. Buddhist and Christian quotes used as examples. Differences between human oral languages and the natural languages of emotion and body language used by other life. External versus internal learning.

Chapter 3: Comments on Plato’s Meno
        Comparison of the Greek term virtue to today's interpretation. Separating virtue from power. Contradictions of Meno's. Socrates' questions were based on an inexact language. Meno's conflicting concept of knowledge.

Chapter 4: Comments on Plato’s Theaetetus
        Plato's knowing of the need for first-hand experience, but his not accepting it in his own life. Western philosophy is without understanding of eastern philosophies. Further comments on the search for the understanding of what knowledge is. Sophism of western philosophy. Commentaries on segments of Theaetetus. Differences between mathematics and Reality. Logic based upon mathematics is not logical relative to Reality. Differences between 'true belief' and what is real. Difference between perception and knowledge.

Chapter 5: Miscellaneous Comments
        Self-referencing. Logics. Conceptualization of intelligence. The method of correct thought is related to ethics and morals. "Ethics is as to the origins of Reality, as morals is to the perception of Reality formed." Comprehending foundational concepts.

Logics Origin of Ethics, Morals, Virtue, and Quality - by Larry Neal Gowdy
ISBN-10# 1-933472-03-0 / ISBN-13# 978-1-933472-03-4 / 136 pages
Price :$12.98

Shipping : $1.95 in the USA / $22.00 outside the USA
Availability : The paperback edition is currently unavailable.
   E-book / Secure Mobipocket® format regular price $9.99. Download the ebook from the Mobipocket® website. The Mobipocket® ebook can be read on your desk-top computer, laptop computer, or mobile device. Download the Free Mobipocket® E-book Reader.

          We choose PayPal for online credit card sales due to their being among the most secure credit card and check processors on and off the Internet.
          The PayPal Verified seal is assurance that the company you purchase from has demonstrated high business ethics.

View the The Logics website.
View the Woven Strings Publishing website page.
View the SesquIQ page Definition of Ethics, Morals, Virtue, and Quality.

Logics Origin of Ethics, Morals, Virtue, and Quality
ISBN-10# 1-933472-03-0 / ISBN-13# 978-1-933472-03-4
Copyright © 2006 by Larry Neal Gowdy. All rights reserved. Any and all prose, poetry, graphics, and photographs contained within this book are protected by copyright laws and, except for brief quotations used in critical reviews, no portion may be copied by any means whatsoever in part nor in whole without the publisher's and author's written consent. Woven Strings Publishing, P.O. Box 8373, Amarillo, TX, 79114, USA. 136 pages. E-Book size : 180k. Woven Strings Publishing^TM.