Hi Andre,
[Andre]
> In Pirsig's very real 'concrete' example of the doctor's 'dilemma' in
> killing the germ or letting the germ kill the person, Pirsig shows us a
> first and full level improvement of how to employ the MoQ *method* of
> reason(ing) as opposed to SOM method of reason(ing), anticipating,
> deflecting, possible (religiously inspired) moral dilemma's e.g. to do
> with
> embryo's , right to life, right to death (euthanasia).
To me an "MOQ method of reason" as an oxymoron. Why? To repeat what I wrote
in response to Horse on Nov 1:
>From the
Wikipedia entry on "reason:"
"Reasoning thought follows a chain of cause and effect, and the word
'reason' can be a synonym for 'cause.' "
>From Pirsig's Note 56, Lila's Child:
"The word 'produced' implies that Dynamic quality is a part of a cause
and effect system of the kind generated by scientific thinking. But
Dynamic Quality cannot be part of any cause and effect system since all
cause and effect systems are static patterns."
I would argue further that the MOQ must necessarily be outside the reason-
shackled intellectual level because the MOQ "sees" what the level lacks --
a provision for morals. Reason/logic cannot see that defect in itself just
as telescope cannot see itself in its field of view. It takes the beyond
reason "Quality leap" to achieve a new, broader understanding of reality.
As always, I could be wrong.
Platt
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