[MD] MOQ and the Future: An Inquiry into Usefulness

[craigerb at comcast.net]

[Platt] 
>  Pirsig claims the MOQ explains ultimate reality. From his annotations to 
> the Copleston paper: 
"The MOQ, on the other hand, explains evil in evolutionary terms that 
are compatible with its theory of ultimate reality." 

[Craig] 
This quote of course does not say the explanation is an ULTIMATE 
explanation, only that it is "compatible with the MoQ theory of ultimate reality." 


[Platt] 
> I look to philosophy to provide ultimate explanations, and for 
> me, Pirsig answers my questions better than any other 

But the MoQ's being the best explanation at any one time, does not make it 
the ultimate explanation.  Do we have a complete understanding of the MoQ? 

If not then we don't have an ulltimate explanation.     


[Platt] 
>  why  positive and negative charges are attracted to one another. Because 
> they value that attraction as a consequence of the world's moral order. 


Why do they value that attraction as a consequence of the world's moral order?| 
Or why does the world's moral order make that attraction of value to them? 
Why does the world even have a moral order? 
Why is there quality rather than none? 
... 
Craig