[MD] Chance

[Arlo Bensinger]

[Platt]
My cat is subject to the law of the jungle as it applies to cats and 
is thus constricted by that law.

[Arlo]
Does this mean that your cat is governed by strictly determinstic 
laws? Again, is everything in the cosmos apart from "man" so 
governed? Is only "man" exempt from determinism?

[Platt]
Man, however, through society and intellect, has overcome that static 
law and is thus free to respond to DQ.

[Arlo]
Since only "man" responds to DQ, I take it your position is that 
everything else, from atoms to dolphins to asteroids to cats, is 
completely ruled by deterministic law. Your cat is no more "free" 
than an asteroid, is that right? And if it is, where does that 
"freedom" arise from, since according to the Pirsig quote you rely 
on, "only to the extent that one follows Dynamic Quality" is one 
"free" from determinism?