From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Thu Jul 14 2005 - 17:05:32 BST
> platt 7-11-05:
> I've read the passage you quoted from Chap. 13 several times, and all
> of Chap. 13, and have yet to discover where Pirsig says pursuit of
> wealth threatens society.
>
> msh 7-14-05:
> This is a Platteral Shift. No one has argued that the pursuit of
> wealth endangers society. The argument is that when a society
> permits the UNLIMITED pursuit of wealth, it "weakens its people's
> physical health [and] endangers its own stability." Therefore,
> according to the Metaphysics of Quality, society has a moral
> obligation to place limits on the accumulation of private wealth.
I stand corrected. Permit me to rectify the horror of such negligence.
I've read the passage you quoted from Chap. 13 several times, and all
of Chap. 13, and have yet to discover where Pirsig says pursuit of
UNLIMITED wealth threatens society.
I beg the pardons of all who were offended by such a grievous (even if
immaterial and irrelevant) omission.
Platt
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