Arlo, For some reason your posts are showing up a jumble of words.
The only association that DQ has with morality that I will concede to is that the movement towards DQ is a movement towards becoming unstuck. But that is quite a lot. Other then that Quality and Dynamic Quality are undefinable. I trust Pirsig on this fact. Marsha At 06:08 PM 3/10/2007, you wrote: >[Marsha] Not Dynamic Quality, but I can imagine >Static Quality being about morality. "Good is a >noun." If so, bad is a noun too. That would be >morality. [Arlo] "What is today conventionally >called "morality" covers only one of these sets >of moral codes, the social-biological code. In a >subjectÂÂobject metaphysics this single >social-biological code is considered to be a >minor, "subjective," physically non-existent >part of the universe. But in the Metaphysics of >Quality all these sets of morals, plus another >Dynamic morality, are not only real, they are >the whole thing." (LILA) "Finally there's a >fourth Dynamic morality which isn't a code. He >supposed you could call it a "code of Art" or >something like that, but art is usually thought >of as such a frill that that title undercuts its >importance. The morality of the brujo in >Zuni-that was Dynamic morality." (LILA) "Dynamic >Quality is the pre-intellectual cutting edge of >reality, the source of all things, completely >simple and always new. It was the moral force >that had motivated the brujo in Zuni." (LILA) >Both SQ and DQ are about morals. Quality is >morality. There is static morality (on the four >levels) and Dynamic morality that is eternally >outside static patterns. Or, one could say >"Dynamic Quality is a moral force". I think what >your arguing against is that Dynamic morality is >not a hostage of static social moral codes. >Absolutely. Pirsig says, "Dynamic Quality is a >higher moral order than static scientific >truth". But to say Dynamic Quality is amoral >misses, in my opinion, what Pirsig was trying to >accomplish. You often quote a passage I think is >quite relevant. While sustaining biological and >social patterns Kill all intellectual patterns. >Kill them completely And then follow Dynamic >Quality And morality will be served. It would >make little sense to me to propose that >following an amoral principle serves morality. >"Follow Dynamic Quality"... "Follow that vague >sense of 'betterness'"... and because Quality is >moral, "morality will be served". 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/ 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/
