[MD] Social Level- Catholic Social Teaching

Platt Holden plattholden at gmail.com
Fri Aug 1 16:58:06 PDT 2008


> [Platt]
> I agree. But I wonder -- how does one decide which static patterns are
> good
> and which are bad?  Seems to me there's a connection needed to something
> other than one's desires.
> 
> [Steve]
> "And what is good, Phaedrus,
> And what is not good-
> Need we ask anyone to tell us these things?"
> 
> -ZMM

Thanks. I've always wondered about this because Pirsig spent his next book 
describing what is good and what is not good according to a moral 
hierarchy. Also the quote by itself suggests whatever you believe is good 
is unquestionably good. I don't think anyone buys that.   

Regards,
Platt
  



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