Quoting Steven Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Platt: > >... the words required for Pirsig to communicate his belief, and > >the leap of faith to accept his view that sitting on a hot stove has > >something to do with morals. > > Steve: > I don't see this as a leap of faith at all. I think the argument that Pirsig > makes > is that since morals (traditionally thought of as social) are about values and > biological patterns can also be thought of as values, then we can talk about > biological and other patterns in terms of morality as well. In fact, we > already do > this since what we often call good and evil can be analyzed in terms of a > biological-social moral code (the conflict of the biological and social level > value patterns). We don't accept this on faith, we are convinced (or not) by > his > argument. The sticking point for me, the hurdle requiring a leap of faith at first, was the notion that the inorganic level of physics involved morality. But, as I wrote to Marsha, I too became convinced by Pirsig's rationale. Regards, Platt ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
