Hi Platt,
On the 28/11/01 you wrote :
>Oh I'm hot for Pirsig's rational morality all right. Social morality --
>defending social values against killers -- isn't the same as individual
>morality, as Wim put it so well when he said:
>
>"There are rules to follow based on levels of quality. BUT there is ONE
>trump card to the rules and that is the dynamic quality of the individual."
>(Post of 27 Nov. to Angus)
Interesting. So social morality would be inferior to individual morality ?
Isn't that difficult to confront with "defending social values against
killers" ? I mean, killers might feel like they are following their own
Dynamic nature in killing people, so how do you reconcile the two ? By
blowing off the heads of those who displease you ? :)
Rational morality does NOT work, Platt. Period. It is ugly and dogmatic and
self-contradictory, IMHO. I could be wrong, but frankly, I do not think so.
One day, for fun, I might even try to defend Hitler with the MOQ "rational
morality". I'm pretty sure I'll find a way.
>
>As for dragging Pirsig in, am I mistaken to think you denounce the "kill
>or be killed" logic of self-defense?
You are mistaken. But this is a personal opinion, not a dogmatic view I'm
trying to impose on anyone, and not something deduced from a long reasoning.
It simply comes from my "instinct of survival", a biological pattern trying
to preserve its integrity. And BTW, if I could preserve my life without
having to kill my agressor, I think I would feel much better about myself.
>
>> You do not have to be one-sided (although I would consider it a favor if
you
>> tried ;) but at least, please, be coherent.
>
>Glad you agree with Emerson who wrote:
>
>"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. Speak what you
>think today in hard words, and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks
>in hard words again, though it contradict everything you said today."
>
>Coherent enough for you? (-:
At least it gives me a coherent picture of you ! ;)
Denis
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