[MD] The Individual Level

[Arlo J. Bensinger]

[Platt]
Since your "Quality principled person" is nothing more than a rehash of liberal
goody-two-shoes mush, I can only assume you are stuck in the world according to
Michael Moore.

[Arlo]
Interesting that you say this, as EVERYTHING in it, word for word, is taken from
Pirsig. Oh well. Here it is again, can you find me anything about it at all
that is not right out of Pirsig? This is based entirely on Pirsig's notions of
arete and gumption, something that precedes the S/O dualism of the present. Far
more valuable, I'd argue, then endlessly "rehashing" Victorian social morals.
But to each his own. So, what in the following is NOT Pirsig? C'mon...
anything...

[Arlo's proposed definition based on ZMM]
A "Quality principled person" is someone who respects the oneness of life. S/he
is patient, egoless and possesses a "beginner's mind". S/he holds her values
flexibley, and can be seen as filled with gumption. S/he dislikes
specialization, and is an excellect all-arounder. In her/his work, she
demonstrates no division between art and practice, and her/his work can be seen
as possessing beauty because of their unselfconscious way of looking at things.