[MD] Free Will

[Steven Peterson]

Hi All,


> I recall some important thoughts Pirsig wrote about on freedom in an
> introduction or postscript to some edition of something. He talked
> about how American's hold freedom as an ideal, but that is problematic
> since freedom only says that something is bad. It is only a negative
> notion. It doesn't tell us what good we all want. Does anyone have
> that quote or know where to find it?


I found it. It is the afterword to the 1984 edition of ZAMM.

"The hippies had in mind something that they wanted, and were calling
it "freedom," but in the final analysis "freedom" is a purely negative
goal. It just says something is bad."