Hi Lawry,
I believe the metaphysical moral apex of Lila is on the last page of Chapter
29 (subsequent chapters may be MORE important, but in a personalized and
anti-metaphysical way -- if this makes sense??). The message I take away
from the end of Ch29 is:
GOOD IS IDENTIFIED BY THE EXPERIENCE CREATED.
This is indeed a direct extension and compilation of empiricism and
pragmatism.
With this in mind, I believe that the most moral course is that which creates
the best results. AND, the way to find the best results is to use past
experience and new ideas to create alternative solutions that can be compared
and contrasted and then the best of these can be tested, refined, replaced,
etc. The moral course is therefore a dynamic course, it is a process, a
journey, an investigation, and the outcome is not necessarily known in
advance. But it is known in experience. And that course of action which
leads to the more quality is better than that which leads to less.
The highest solution is one which creates the most quality experience for the
most people. To me, that implies win/win solutions rather than win/lose
situations. That implies inorganic, biological, social AND intellectual
quality. That implies quality across the greatest depth and span. That
implies stability and versatility (sq and DQ).
I believe that the MOQ solution is the path that some of us have tried to
take. It started with the dialectic process which we have engaged in, and
continues on into each of us living and moving forward with those ideas of
the greatest apparent benefit. The MOQ solution is a dynamic, living,
evolving process. It is "an enlarged way of looking at experience."
IN BRIEF, THE MOQ "SOLUTION" ISN'T SOME STATIC OUTCOME OR ABSOLUTE ANSWER.
THE MOQ SOLUTION IS AN ENLARGED WAY OF LOOKING AT EXPERIENCE. IT IS THE
"EVOLVING UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNIVERSE"
THE MOQ SOLUTION IS THE JOURNEY (by motorcycle, boat, email exchange, or
other means) AND "THE PRINCIPLE OF RIGHTNESS WHICH GIVES STRUCTURE AND
PURPOSE" TO THIS EXPLORATION
ROG
PS -- Lawry, I hope you don't think I evaded your question. But to me,
Pirsig's philosophy has always been about journeys, not final destinations. I
have thrown out some ideas on a Middle East course that may have quality.
Wim has thrown out another. The MOQ gives us enlarged insight into paths of
quality, but the primary insight is that our experience IS quality. And the
most moral solution is that which intellectually and dynamically never stops
aspiring for something even better.
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