Hi elgl4, John B. and Group:
I’d like to point out to elgl4 (Bill?) and John B. that a "sense of injustice"
or "awareness of fairness” is not to be found in Pirsig's metaphysics
except when he describes our two-faced relationship with celebrity:
"They love you for being what they want to be but hate you for being what
they're not."
and
"Everybody wants their children to be valedictorians, but nobody is
supposed to be better than anyone else." (Lila, Chp. 7)
Outside of making it clear that Americans are schizophrenic about
fairness, Pirsig has little to say on the subject. And for good reason.
The notion of fairness is closely associated with the idea of equal value
which, if anything, is anathema to the MoQ whose central tenant is that
some things (patterns) are better than others.
So I raise a cautionary flag about "fairness." Historically many have
suffered unspeakable miseries in its name, such as, "From each
according to his abilities, to each according to his needs."
Platt
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