Deontology, Conclusion, and full TOC (theory of wise design, 4 of 4)

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I am looking for a coauthor, not debate on intelligent design (see conclusion, already written, below)

Part 3, which integrates political with biological evolution and add dialectical materialism to the theory, is at Integrating biological with political evolution (Theory of Wise Design, 3 of 4) - Faith & Science Conversation - The BioLogos Forum. This part integrates ethics, adding a form of Mill’s utilitarianism to the theory, because, as stated in part 3, a Creator who uses evolution as a tool is interested in maximizing freedom of will, and thus, liberty.

I have 90K more words written on the Theory of Teleological Evolution (TTE) as outlined and linked at this post’s end. 100 of 400 references are done and included. There is one chapter to finish.
And I here need to point out the theory is on TELEOLOGICAL, not THEOLOGICAL evolution. that’s frequently led to long diatribes on the title in forums like this.

Otherwise, the complete TOC and references are below, and if you are interested in being a coauthor, you are welcome to contact me. Otherwise, I do have some work to finish. Please also note, I am often confined to a wheelchair and hav to limit the hours I spend on forums. Thank you for your consideration.

TTE as a Consequentialist Ideology

Among many other possible predictions, Teleological Evolution predicts future ethical conflicts. Unlike most other paradigms in science, Teleological Evolution explicitly defines a hypothetical cause for what ‘ought to be’ from what ‘is.’ Technically stated, the theory bridges Hume’s guillotine (in "Treatise of Human Nature, 1739), restated by G. E. Moore in formal propositional logic as the “open ended question” (in “Principia Ethica,” 1903). The cause may only be hypothetical, but contemplation of the cause reveals possible results from the current human condition.

To determine causes, TTE first defines a theory of nature upon which meaningful statements can be made. It starts with a theory of knowledge, based on Kripke’s epistemology. Then there is a neo-Wittgensteinian reinterpretation of Schopenhauer’s theory of nature, with some existentialist extensions. That leads to a pataphysics on the mind/body distinction, and a new theory of power.

On its basis, Chapters 4~10 contain a dialectic on the historical conflict between divine and natural law since the origins of civilization. Chapter 11 uses this as the basis for defining a consequentialist deontology similar to Mill’s utilitarianism. One interesting discovery has been that many theological doctrines have specific points of conflict with the theory of evolution, most notably on the problem of evil.

The Intrinsic Inequity of Evolution

Many assume that the TTE premise is wrong due to injustice. Injustice is a natural consequence of evolution. In TTE, a Creator is not concerned with ensuring we receive justice due to natural processes or human action under free will. Instead, the Creator is interested in how we respond to the problems that face us. Justice is a human creation. The Creator is only interested in what we do with what we have.

Due to free will, many choose to deny that a Creator could be ‘unjust,’ for which reason many philosophers have stated that an afterlife is necessary for Divine Justice to exist, and the naive protest that it is ‘evidence’ against a Creator. In TTE, the nature of law and justice becomes a major issue, because it only exists as much as human beings make it happen.

  • See The Nature of Law’ in Chapter 2, and Chapters 3~10 for a dialectic on the evolving conflicts between natural and Divine law in the West, East, and Far East. Of particular note is Jefferson’s new theistic social contract in Chapter 10.

Just as physical evolution creates physical problems, such as disease, social evolution causes social problems, which specifically are, from the Creator’s point of view, hindrances to free will. The Creation is not perfectly fair to all individuals. Some endure physical suffering from biological factors. Some are enslaved or forced to have particular beliefs. From the Creator’s perspective, neither physical nor mental hindrance to free will is desirable. But again, the Creator cannot create forced consequences of either physical or social processes, because that would be proof of a Creator’s existence, and thus destroy the more perfect experience of life to which evolution slowly progresses.

[J] Conclusion

“As our own species is in the process of proving, one cannot have superior science and inferior morals. The combination is unstable and self-destroying.” - Arthur C. Clarke, CBE.

There’ve been 8,000 comments on sections I shared while figuring out the consequences of the question “WHAT IF a Creator used evolution as a tool? What would that MEAN?” Since I first suggested that dialectical materialism and consequentialist ethics result from the premise of wise design three years ago, not one stated that the theory still explains and predicts political and ethical problems without belief in the premise. Less than a hundred didn’t say the premise was wrong, and 90% demanded evidence for God’s existence before reading anything.

Some people think that the existence of order, life, and ourselves comprise evidence for a Creator. Some don’t. Both conclusions require an inductive step that is inherently unprovable by the nature of the rules of formal logic. As a scientific theory, TTE is indifferent to ‘belief in’ nor ‘denial of belief in’ a God or Creed. That is a matter of faith or absence of it.

From the prejudices I’ve encountered from all sides of the Creationism debate, I had to conclude the USA might not be ready to consider my theory until after a war on its own soil. And with the hopeless flailing of partisan rivalry on the undeniable facts of climate change so far, war is at most decades away.

As Hegel said, “The Owl of Minerva spreads her wings only with the falling of the dusk.” He was saying that we can only understand the nature of an era when it is reaching its end.

The Owl of Minerva is ruffling her feathers. One day, people will look back at the Ukraine war, fighting over whether grain will ship from Siberia or Europe to an Africa that is already boiling to death. And they will say, “World War had already started.” We can see the Owl of Minerva’s future flight already. That is what TTE’s Theory of Nature has to say. But those stuck in Plato’s Cave can’t even see the Owl of Minerva. They are too busy quibbling over their own shadows, and only those who shrug aside the chains and climb out of the cave and see the Light of Truth.

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[D] Full Table of Contents

  • Prolog: Foundations of Teleological Evolution (this article)
  1. Theories, Scientific Theories, and Irrationalism. Scientific theory definition and common confusions; on irrationality; Issues in deductive, inductive, abductive, emotive, hermeneutic, and patristic reasoning; falsification and scientism vs. demarcation. https://www.linkedin.com/…/theories-scientific…
  2. A Theory of Nature. The objectification of time, space, and matter; the nature of language, mind, inner freedom, outer freedom, and divine justice; presented as a neo-Wittgensteinian interpretation of Schopenhauer’s theory of Nature, with existentialist and Eastern extensions. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/theory-nature-ernest-meyer
  3. The Nature of Value in Consequentialist Ethics (in draft). The “Intrinsic Value” Problem. Conceptions of innate goodness: Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Augustine, Aquinas, Locke; Kant; Russell and Whitehead, Hume, Moore, Wittgenstein, Ayer, and modern metaphysics; descriptive ethics vs. consequentialism; utilitarianism; the trolly problem; the curious case of Jeremy Bentham’s head; Western vs. Eastern concepts of happiness; happiness vs liberty; expressing value in formal logic; resolving unpredictable events in consequentialism with possible-world theory.
  4. The Dialectic between Natural and Divine law: Origins of Divine Law. Afterlife becomes a Donkey’s Carrot, and Justice on Earth is Conceived to Restore a Mythical Golden Age. Primitive guiltlessness; afterlife is unique to West; earliest religious roots and prayer; Afterlife in Egypt; afterlife in Judaea; Sheolism today; Hesiod and justice as restoration of a Golden Age; Vedanta honey wisdom; Guan-Zhong and celestial harmony; Buddha, the reluctant king; Confucius and the protocols of intellect and experience; Lao Tzu’ and the way through chaos. https://www.linkedin.com/…/origins-divine-natural-law…/
  5. Origins of Natural Law (in draft). Origin of citizen rights; Solon; Thales; Western vs. Eastern science; atoms, flux, and forces of matter and mind; the Sophists vs. Socrates; “Plato’s Cave;” 'Ideal Form;" the Republic and Philosopher kings; the Socratic social contract; Aristotle and Democracy, women, and war; democracy as least-worst alternative; Aristotle’s cardinal virtues; voluntary vs. forced voting; Plutocratic and other corruptions; Aristotle’s natural law vs. Grecian fate.
  6. The New Law (in draft) new law in consequentialist terms; supernatural events and rationalism; a rationalist perspective on Christ’s life; divine transmission; the Gospel of St. Thomas; the sponge.
  7. Divergence of Divine and Natural Law (in draft). Cicero’s Natural law; Constantine, Amen Ra, and the Nicene council; Celsus and Constantine’s nails; the Statue of Liberty: Constantine’s temple; Augustine; Justinian; the nail in the Roman Empire’s coffin; Dark Ages and the Era of Bliss.
  8. The Evolution of Divine Law (in draft. 5,000 words). Muhammad; Abū Rayhān; al-Bīrūnī; Averroes; Istislah; Al-Jawziyya; Aquinas; Tsongkapa and the world’s longest theocracy; the Bodhhisattva doctrine; the two 15th Dalai Lamas; Far-Eastern Doctrine of Heavenly Order; the Confucian schism; integration of Qi and Lil; neoConfucianism; new Confucianism and the Confucian manifesto; Xiong Shili And East/West metaphysical integration.
  9. The Printing Press (in draft). Liberation, or Catastrophe?
  10. The New Social Contract. Grotius; Hobbes; Locke; Jefferson’s theistic social contract; Rousseau; legal Postivisism; anarchism; the social contract in the 21st centurythe end of the dialectic. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/new-social-contract-ernest-meyer

VOLUME TWO

  1. Pseudoreligious Scientism. What is ‘Scientism’? Scientism’s ongoing Conversion of Science into Primitive Religious Doctrine; science as direct description instead of theoretical models; paradigmatic science as religious doctrine; pseudoscientific ‘Disproofs’ of God(s); taboos in antitheistic scientism: non-realist theories, antitheistic bias, naive pseudorealism; apostasy; authoritarianism; social media’s exacerbation of ignorance on evolution. https://www.linkedin.com/…/science-religious-doctrine…
  2. Political Irrationality. The Psychological Power of Trump’s Hate Propaganda; Irrational Notions of ‘Self-Evident’ Jeffersonian Natural Rights; Lethal Rights to Self Defence; Arctic Sea Ice Loss; Global Warming Weaponization; Nuclear Fusion; Loss of Arctic Ice Siberia, and war; a new global law.
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As I noted before, this is going to take a very long time. In case anyone else wants to right why I am wrong without saying hello first, my name is Ernest Meyer, hello. I sat philosophy, psychology and politics at Oxford under a Bachelors paid for by Rhodes House, and all of my experience and qualifications are listed on LinkedIn**. If you are interested in being a coauthor, it would be better to contact me there.** I’m not sure I will be visiting this board again. Thank you for your consideration.

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Someone will probably read through them all. Many here are just here for messing around outside of work when we are tired and relaxing at the house.

Some are here who work for Biologos and many are here as moderators for the forum. I’ll never be a coauthor. Infinitely under qualified myself. But i do enjoy reading and will definitely look at the first one as soon as I can and at least share my thoughts.

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Thank you. I was hoping that someone would point this out already.

If political evolution is intended as per the theory of dialectical materialism, then it fits with Christ’s refusal to interfere with Roman rule.

Really I am not a specialist in biblical interpretation, so someone else would have to figure that that out.

Other than that I am a little overwhelmed by people evaluating a theory by its premise. Galileo had a problem with that. And now so am I. Again, a theory’s value is determine by its explanations and predictions, not by one’s prior opinion of the premise.

Personaly, I’m feeling like a record stuck in a groove ever since I first posted here. If anyone wants to talk about it further, they will have to reach me on LinkedIn, I’m really not wanting to trigger more of the behavior I’ve seen here. Thank you for your consideration.

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feels a bit like the grumpy old men problem :frowning: pity as i thought we might have had something in common here

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