[MD] What "moral revolution" is called for by the MOQ?

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting ARLO J BENSINGER JR <ajb102 at psu.edu>:

> [Arlo]
> The same moral progress Pirsig means when he called it a "moral revolution". But
> what's wrong with lutes and drums? Too "folksy" for you? When I was in
> Tuebingen (in Germany's Schwarzwald), I was impressed with the open art
> movement at the school there. Musicians playing in the street, actors
> performing skits and short dramas in the square, poets reading their offerings.
> I've also been to a few drumming circles that were really profound and opening
> (although I can't claim they were as much so as Pirsig's peyote trip). Are
> these bad things? I think not. These are things we need more of. More artists.
> More hippies. More "groove". Less "square". :-)

It figures. But, I never quite figured out what Pirsig meant by a moral
revolution in specific terms. Any different from Christian compassion and love
thy neighbor? Or, did he mean recognition and acceptance of the MOQ? Or more
street performances, as you seem to suggest? (I saw a lot of that while stationed
in New Orleans and was less than impressed.) By a moral revolution I thought
he meant a broader understanding of the role social values played in keeping
biological values like terrorism at bay. But, I could be wrong.  
 

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