[MD] tiny skull

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting Peter Corteen <psigenics at googlemail.com>:

> Hi all,
> 
> I would narrow down those moral principles to just the one: do as you
> please.
> 
> The difficulty arises in finding out what pleases you and learning through
> experience that your actions have consequences.
> I can seek pleasure in the short term but in the long term I might regret.
> Also, a large factor is how we think our actions would be viewed by others.
> If I help someone then they will be more disposed to help me later.
> 
> Our lower levels are stronger than we think though. Would you choose to save
> another's child instead of your own? If you could save ten other children or
> your own? Maybe it costs £100,000 to raise your child - but how many other
> needy children could be helped instead with that money?

Thanks Peter. You have identified many of the problems with a moral code of
"do as you please." The freedom inherent in that code is its greatest appeal. 
But as Pirsig points out, freedom without restraint results in the destruction
of all the levels. Even the inorganic level depends on certain stringent laws
of behavior to survive.

Platt






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