[MD] Platt's Individual Level

[Platt Holden]

Hi Marsha

> I was asking questions to see if I could find an answer or at least a
> better question.  If you can help clarify my confusion, I'd be grateful.

Perhaps this will help. The social level demands conformity. The 
individual demands freedom. Of the two, which is the higher morality? 
For me and for Pirsig, the answer is the latter.

"Freedom of speech; freedom of assembly, of travel; trial by jury; 
habeas corpus; government by consent-these "human rights" are all 
intellect-vs.-society issues. According to the Metaphysics of Quality 
these "human rights" have not just a sentimental basis, but a rational, 
metaphysical basis. They are essential to the evolution of a higher 
level of life from a lower level of life. They are for real."

Platt