"Platt Holden" <[email protected]> wrote:
Magnus,
Let me see if I understand you. Are you saying that you disagree with the
following from Pirsig:?
"It says that what is meant by "human rights" is usually the moral code of
intellect vs.society, the moral right
of intellect to be free of social control. Freedom of speech, freedom of
assembly, of travel, trial by jury, habeas
corpus, government by consent -- these "human rights" are all intellect
vs.society issues. According to the
Metaphysics of Quality, these "human rights" have not just a sentimental
basis, but a rational, metaphysical
basis. They are essential to the evolution of life from a lower level of
life. They are for real." (Lila, 24)
I'm saying that the world isn't that black and white as that quote makes
it seem. Just this morning (Swedish time), you pulled another quote (one
of the LC comments) where Pirsig asserted society's right to control its
biological inhabitants. Don't you realize that the two quotes, the LC
quote and the one you provided here are directly contradictory? One
quote asserts the individual human's morality over society, and the
other society's morality over the individual human!
How does that work?
The answer is stacks. The original question is hard because it's not
black and white. Depending on which stack you focus on, you get a
different answer.
Magnus
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