[Platt] The levels are in constant battle with one another. But, it is immoral moral for a higher level to completely destroy a lower level on which it depends for its survival. That's suicide. "Just as a society that weakens its people's physical health endangers its own stability, so does an intellectual pattern that weakens and destroys the health of its social base also endanger its own stability." (Lila, 13). But, as you know, evidence that we are destroying the planet is far from conclusive. Is it still snowing where you are?
[Krimel] What good is a system of morals based on levels when hierarchy of levels provides no guidance as to which level has moral priority? I thought that was your point over and over with the Doctor and the Germ. But if it is immoral for the higher level society to kill the lower level trees then what does the MoQ have to tell us about morality? [Platt] Thanks. That makes Pirsig a Bright. "The MOQ gives a purely naturalistic and genetic explanation of the phenomena of the moral life." (Pirsig's notes, Copleston Papers) [Platt] I agree. It (pre-intellectual) means sensation prior to concepts. Thought is a secondary, derivative effect from physical sense date. [Krimel] Are you willing to go further and say that what we experience pre-intellectually is a function of our biology. It is the memory of our ancestors encoded in our genes? 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/
