> > Platt: > No. Lying, cheating, stealing and killing are biological patterns. > Social > patterns dominate by punishing these bio-patterns. Pirsig says intellect > > dominates social patterns and that such dominance is better, i.e., more > moral. > The problem is that SOM intellect doesn't provide for morals at all. > > Ron: > But MoQ does. That of superiority. > But aren't individuals More moral than biological or social?
Platt: Yes. Ron: > Are you saying that the social level is required? Platt: Yes. All levels are required to be human. Ron: Are you suggesting a balance between the levels? Or one dominating the other Up to intellectual/individual dominance of all. in which biological, Social and intellectual dominate together in a balance of power. Ron: > Why can't individuals, free of the social collective, perform morally? Platt: Currently they are dominated intellectually by amoral SOM. Ron: I mean by MoQ standards. Ron: > Why can't Intellect exploit biological to moral ends? Platt: The only moral ends current intellect understands are religious and traditional. Ron: Again I mean by MoQ standards. ------------------------------------------------- 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/ 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/
