[MD] The MoQ.org STRANGLES Creativity

[Platt Holden]

> [Platt]
> > I have no idea on what basis  Case came to that conclusion. If
> > anything, the whole point of MOQ is the supremacy of one moral level
> > over another, summed up in the following sentence from Lila:
> >
> > "In general, given a choice of two courses to follow and all other
> > things being equal, that choice which is more Dynamic, that is, at a
> > higher level of evolution, is more moral."
> >
> > In other words, Quality shines brighter as you climb the moral
> > evolutionary ladder from inorganic to biological to social to
> > individual.
> 
> [Case]
> You are glossing over too quickly the key point in the quote above: "all
> other things being equal" That is balance. When all the big things are
> in harmony smaller considerations have a chance to play a role. The
> creative dynamic aspect can only appear when there is stasis at the
> lower levels. 

What is moral is no "small consideration" in the MOQ.  The key to the 
MOQ isn't that that "all things being equal" but that it's moral for a 
doctor to kill a germ because the patient is "at a HIGHER LEVEL OF 
EVOLUTION." You will find the "higher level" of morality referred to 
throughout the MOQ. Unless you grasp the MOQ principle that the later 
the evolutionary appearance, the more moral, and that there's never 
stasis at the lower levels because they constantly compete for moral 
dominance, you've missed the significance of "Lila." Pirsig didn't 
write in "Inquiry into Balance and Harmony" but rather an "An Inquiry 
into Morality."

Do you agree with Pirsig's claim that reality is an evolutionary moral 
hierarchy plus DQ?

Platt