Quoting Heather Perella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> [Platt quotes Pirsig] > > "Where biological > > values are undermining social values intellectuals > > must identify social behavior, > > not matter its ethnic connection, and support it all > > the way without restraint. > > Intellectuals must find biological behavior, no > > matter what its ethnic connection, > > and limit or destroy destructive biological patterns > > with complete moral > > ruthlessness., the way a doctor destroys germs, > > before those biological patterns > > destroy civilization itself. (Lila,24) > > Yes, the levels define moral behavior, and we are > intellectually trying to discover what level certain > events belong. This above quote merely generalizes > the MoQ's effort. Yes, merely... If you will take the trouble to examine the context of the above quote you will see Pirsig calling "robbing" a biological value. He also identifies "theft" as a biological pattern in several places in Lila. Example: "Second, there were moral codes that established the supremacy of the social order over biological life conventional morals proscriptions against drugs, murder, adultery, theft and the like." (Lila, 13) ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ 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/
