[MD] The End of Faith - Spirituality

[Steven Peterson]

Hi Platt, Arlo,

 
On Tuesday, February 26, 2008, at 08:02AM, <pholden at davtv.com> wrote:
>Quoting Arlo Bensinger <ajb102 at psu.edu>:
>
>> [Platt]
>> So what is immoral at the biological level?
>> 
>> [Arlo]
>> Inorganic patterns subverting or destroying biological patterns. 
>> Although an animal or red-blood cell would not have a concept of 
>> "immorality" to express this within the biological level.

Platt:
>You mean that a natural phenomena like a tornado that destroyed a
>tree is immoral? What moral choice does the tree have?

Steve:
Pirsig defines moral as that which contributes to the migration of static patterns toward dynamic quality.

Regards,
Steve