[MD] The End of Faith

[Steven Peterson]

Hi Ham, Akshay, 

Ham:
>Frankly, I think Mr. Pirsig has done precisely what you describe.  His 
>philosophy adds layers of patterns to an arbitrarily-defined four-level 
>hierarchy that makes the existence of a higher power uninteresting and 
>inconsequential.  It offers no cosmic role for human beings, suggests no 
>entelechy or purpose for individual consciousness, and even relegates 
>morality to an evolving universe rather than to man himself.

Steve:
I think this is correct except I would substitute "evolutionary" instead of "arbitrarily defined."

I don't know what we can say about a cosmic role or purpose of individual human consciousness other than seeking the source of human consciousness and facilitating the evolution of static patterns toward dynamic quality.

Regards,
Steve