Re: MD Making sense of it (levels)

From: Steve Peterson (speterson@fast.net)
Date: Thu Jan 23 2003 - 21:23:45 GMT

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Platt,

>> Steve:
>> What I'm interested in is how you make such categorizations. How do we know
>> that crime, for example, is biological? I know Pirsig said it is, but I
>> don't why. I want to be able to categorize for my self.
>
> I accept Pirsig's hierarchy of levels consisting of static moral patterns
> which
> I think of as "laws"-- inorganic the laws of physics, biological the laws of
> the
> jungle, social the laws of man, intellectual the laws of logic and
> mathematics.
> While each lower level supports the higher, each seeks domination over
> others. The laws of man by which a society maintains its viability are
> threatened by the might-makes-right laws of the jungle, practiced by
> both criminal individuals and nations.
>
Steve:
Thanks, Platt. I think your "laws" analogy will help.

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