From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Mon Jan 06 2003 - 12:59:38 GMT
Hi Steve:
> Steve:
> Does he really say that the moq is scientific? I wince as I ask, but could
> you point me to where he says this?
In Chapter 13 of Lila, Pirsig writes:
"But what's not so obvious is that, given a value-centered Metaphysics
of Quality, it is absolutely, scientifically moral for a doctor to prefer the
patient. This is not just an arbitrary social convention that should apply
to some doctors but not to all doctors, or to some cultures but not all
cultures. It's true for all people at all times, now and forever, a moral
pattern of reality as real as H20. We're at last dealing with morals on
the basis of reason." (13)
If that's not claiming the MOQ is scientific it comes mighty close. Also,
note Pirsig's endorsement of absolute truth, "good for all people at all
times, now and forever." Such endorsement is likely to give apoplexy to
some on this site who believe with a kind of religious fanaticism that
there are no absolutes, especially moral ones. (-:
Platt
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