Re: Mind's Eye Re: Peer Networking

The question comes what  happened to these ethics?

Allan

On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 2:51 PM, rigsy03 <rigsy03@yahoo.com> wrote:

The ethics are already in place, Allan- they are just not practised.
You could include "greedy" imperialistic nations, berserk cultures,
grasping political parties. More's "Utopia" stressed humanism which is
under stress due to science and technology today- the new darling.

On Sep 24, 10:00 am, Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ethics are going to be definitely reinvented getting greeedy individuals
> and corporations under control.
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> On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 2:59 PM, rigsy03 <rigs...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > A recent example: "Reinventing Ethics" by Howard Gardner
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> >http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/reinventing-ethics/?s...

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> > On Sep 24, 7:50 am, rigsy03 <rigs...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > The government decides how to spend/mis-spend the taxes and fees they
> > > raise because we thought it wise at one time to give them that power.
> > > Banks have altered their function and don't forget credit cards as
> > > unsecured loans. Somehow, my mind drifted to Plato's "Republic"- but
> > > there are many examples of attempts to organize society- none of
> > > which, imho, has done a very good job. There is an impossible lack of
> > > control particularly since the advent of Liberalism.
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> > > On Sep 22, 6:29 pm, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > I think the germ of the idea is in this Don.  All money essentially
> > > > comes from government - what we get from banks is debt.  Street-up
> > > > decision-making isn't all of it as rigsy points out.
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> > > > On 22 Sep, 12:26, rigsy03 <rigs...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > > > > You still have to deal with priorities on that list, however.
> > Stadiums
> > > > > might trump infrastructure.
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> > > > > On Sep 22, 5:22 am, Don Johnson <daj...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> >http://professional.wsj.com/article/SB1000087239639044416580457800851...
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> > > > > > This is what I'm talking about! Decentralization is key. I believe
> > this is
> > > > > > your busy bees at work Neil.
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> > > > > > "Peer networks don't have to involve digital technology. Twenty
> > years ago,
> > > > > > the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre pioneered a radical new
> > technique called
> > > > > > "participatory budgeting." Each year, the city's 16 regions
> > conduct general
> > > > > > assemblies in which neighbors debate priorities for the budget:
> > school
> > > > > > construction, sewer repair, bridge building. The assemblies create
> > a ranked
> > > > > > list of projects, and the government disperses funds accordingly.
> > The money
> > > > > > comes from the state, but the decision of what to fund comes from
> > the
> > > > > > street."
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Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living.

I am a Natural Airgunner -

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