[MD] Where have all the values gone?

[Platt Holden]

Khaled et al:

Quoting khaled Alkotob <khaledsa at juno.com>:

> Craftsmanship, good point to start. in a sense Quality.
> 
> First thing that comes to mind when I hear that term is Time. The time
> it
> takes to make something with pride. Well time is money and in the end
> this Quality products is not cheap. Which brings us to the next
> question
> of affordability ( we have been down this path before ), profit
> margins,
> China labor, wall mart distribution and so on.

Excellent point. If craftmanship is a moral value (and I believe it is),
then allowing time to do good work is also a moral value. Efficency, getting
acceptable work done quickly, doesn't carry the same moral impetus of
craftsmanship. Efficiency seems to be a biological value in that the more
efficient creatures survive. But I'm not sure whether craftsmanship falls
into the social or the intellectual level. Any thoughts as to where on
Pirsig's moral scale craftmanship resides?

Platt



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