Platt: Quality equals reality. Quality equals morality. Ergo, reality equals morality. The MOQ segments morality (reality) into four levels from the lowest (inorganic) to the highest (intellectual). The problem is that the current intellectual pattern is dominated by a mistaken view of reality, a subjective-objective view, that is blind to any morals except old traditional social morals. That blindness has led to all sorts of problems because S-O intellectuals have taken over society, introducing various forms of socialism in many Western countries with a resulting smothering of responses to Dynamic Quality.
That in brief is how I interpret Pirsig's view as described in Lila. Do you see it differently? Ron: No, I don't see it much different. I think what I take issue with, and this May be my own misinterpretation of your words, is that superiority means something outside of what it refers too. I see the focus of MoQ being The act of making that choice, for whatever reason. Better-ness is subjective. But the act of formulating what that is, to me, is a balancing act of Varying patterns across the levels. What's best keeps in mind what's best Across the board, inorganic, organic, social and intellectual relative To the value judgment. With this balance comes a wisdom about superiority. 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/
