Hi Platt, >> >> [Platt] >> >> So what is immoral at the biological level? >> >> >> >> [Arlo] >> >> Inorganic patterns subverting or destroying biological patterns. >> >> Although an animal or red-blood cell would not have a concept of >> >> "immorality" to express this within the biological level. >> >> Platt: >> >You mean that a natural phenomena like a tornado that destroyed a >> >tree is immoral? What moral choice does the tree have? >> >> Steve: >> Pirsig defines moral as that which contributes to the migration of static >> patterns >> toward dynamic quality.
Platt: >How does that apply to the example of a tornado destroying a tree? Steve: I don't think it applies, so I don't think it makes sense to talk about this event in terms of morality. Regards, Steve 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/
