[MD] The End of Faith - Spirituality

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting Steven Peterson <stevenkpeterson at mac.com>:

> 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.

How does that apply to the example of a tornado destroying a tree? 

Regards,
Platt


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