Ever since encountering references to Dewey B. Larson in the LOO, I've been a student, of sorts, of his reciprocal system of theory (RST). My latest investigations thereof have been in his discussion on metaphysics, called "Beyond Space and Time", and this study begged a question that I'd like to ask you, as a follower of the STS philosophy.
Without going into the other interesting aspects of this work, in chapter 18, he explores the concepts of Right and Wrong, and asserts that the definition of “right” is "in conformity with the laws and principles of Sector 3..." where "Sector 3" is that control aspect over human beings, which exists outside the physical universe, that makes us human (in LOO terms, 3rd Density). By his assertion, this includes a code of ethics or morality which are intuitively obtained from our Sector 3 control source.
He goes on to exclude a lot of religious dogma that is human extrapolations or additions thereto, but winds up concluding that the Golden Rule ("Do unto others as you would have them do unto you") is an example of just such a universal intuitive ethical or moral rule.
Thus comes my question. It seemed to me that either Mr. Larson somehow excluded the existence of STS which may well act according to different intuitively obtained rules, or perhaps, there is a different interpretation of the Golden Rule that had never occurred to me before.
The new interpretation of this rule for STS entities being, "that the 'strong' should exert their will over the 'weak'" and whomever is the 'strongest' has as a moral directive to do so. So, were you to encounter someone of stronger will than yourself (something that I expect is contrary to your nature to concede exists), then you would indeed want them to dominate you. Or perhaps a more clear way to put it is when considering the interaction of two other-selves, wherein you would want the stronger to dominate the weaker.
Forgive me if the question seems silly, but I'm just trying to better understand your perspective and how it might fit into RST.
Thanks in advance for your thoughts,
3D Sunset
Without going into the other interesting aspects of this work, in chapter 18, he explores the concepts of Right and Wrong, and asserts that the definition of “right” is "in conformity with the laws and principles of Sector 3..." where "Sector 3" is that control aspect over human beings, which exists outside the physical universe, that makes us human (in LOO terms, 3rd Density). By his assertion, this includes a code of ethics or morality which are intuitively obtained from our Sector 3 control source.
He goes on to exclude a lot of religious dogma that is human extrapolations or additions thereto, but winds up concluding that the Golden Rule ("Do unto others as you would have them do unto you") is an example of just such a universal intuitive ethical or moral rule.
Thus comes my question. It seemed to me that either Mr. Larson somehow excluded the existence of STS which may well act according to different intuitively obtained rules, or perhaps, there is a different interpretation of the Golden Rule that had never occurred to me before.
The new interpretation of this rule for STS entities being, "that the 'strong' should exert their will over the 'weak'" and whomever is the 'strongest' has as a moral directive to do so. So, were you to encounter someone of stronger will than yourself (something that I expect is contrary to your nature to concede exists), then you would indeed want them to dominate you. Or perhaps a more clear way to put it is when considering the interaction of two other-selves, wherein you would want the stronger to dominate the weaker.
Forgive me if the question seems silly, but I'm just trying to better understand your perspective and how it might fit into RST.
Thanks in advance for your thoughts,
3D Sunset