[MD] The Level of Art?

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting Steven Peterson <stevenkpeterson at mac.com>:


> Platt:
> >... the words required for Pirsig to communicate his belief, and 
> >the leap of faith to accept his view that sitting on a hot stove has 
> >something to do with morals.
> 
> Steve:
> I don't see this as a leap of faith at all. I think the argument that Pirsig makes
> is that since morals (traditionally thought of as social) are about values and
> biological patterns can also be thought of as values, then we can talk about
> biological and other patterns in terms of morality as well. In fact, we already do
> this since what we often call good and evil can be analyzed in terms of a
> biological-social moral code (the conflict of the biological and social level
> value patterns). We don't accept this on faith, we are convinced (or not) by his
> argument.

The sticking point for me, the hurdle requiring a leap of faith at first, was the
notion that the inorganic level of physics involved morality. But, as I wrote to
Marsha, I too became convinced by Pirsig's rationale. 

Regards,
Platt



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